Why house prices are surging once again

I s a fresh housing boom under way? In April a house-price index for the world, excluding China, rose by more than 3% year on year (see chart 1). American house prices are 6. 5% higher than a year ago, Australian ones are up by 5% and Portuguese ones are soaring. In other countries, the market looks surprisingly strong given years of high interest rates (see chart 2).

Its share of international reserves has stalled

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Its share of international reserves has stalled

With a big discrepancy in jobs data, the economy may be weaker than it seems

Plenty of countries are in a dealmaking rush

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A source: www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/06/16/why-house-prices-are-surging-once-again