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Housing is One Reason Not All Countries Feel Same Pinch of Higher Interest Rates

April 8, 2024

Mehdi Benatiya Andaloussi, Nina Biljanovska, Alessia De Stefani, Rui C. Mano

Effects may be delayed in some countries: if interest rates remain higher for longer, homeowners will likely feel their effects as mortgage rates adjust

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Emerging Markets Navigate Global Interest Rate Volatility

January 31, 2024

Tobias Adrian, Fabio Natalucci, Jason Wu

Major emerging markets have shown resilience to global rate gyrations, but more challenging times could be ahead

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US Commercial Real Estate Remains a Risk Despite Investor Hopes for Soft Landing

January 18, 2024

Andrea Deghi, Fabio Natalucci, Mahvash S. Qureshi

One of the steepest price declines in at least a half century heightens risks to investors and lenders

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Housing Affordability Remains Stretched Amid Higher Interest Rate Environment

January 11, 2024

Nassira Abbas, Corrado Macchiarelli

Prospective home buyers face high prices and elevated borrowing costs, while homeowners refrain from listing their properties

Monetary policy

Higher-for-Longer Interest Rate Environment is Squeezing More Borrowers

October 10, 2023

Tobias Adrian

Elevated inflation means central banks may have to keep policy rates higher in a way that stretches the capacity of borrowers to repay debt

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Europe Should Tighten Monetary Policy Further

July 21, 2023

Alfred Kammer, Luis Brandão-Marques

Higher interest rates soon would prevent more economic pain later

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