Hites Ahir is a Senior Research Officer at the IMF. His research interests include: global housing markets, forecast assessment, and measuring global uncertainty. He previously worked at the Inter-American Development Bank where he assisted with analysis of the Southern Cone economies. He did his graduate work in economics at Johns Hopkins University.
As a result of the COVID-19, the World Uncertainty Index remains high, at about 50% above its historical average between 1996–2010, but the pandemic isn't the only contributor.
The world's economy is experiencing slow growth. One of the factors behind this is trade uncertainty, which the World Trade Uncertainty Index seeks to measure.
A study has found that trade uncertainty in the first three months of the year could result in a 0.75% reduction in global growth, as well as having long-term negative impacts on trade an...
Due to escalating trade tension, the global economy is now projected to grow at 3.3% in 2019, down from 3.6% in 2018.
The IMF looks at global houses prices, and asks if we should be worried.
Si bien los aumentos de precios mundiales de la vivienda obedecen a restricciones en la oferta, su impacto en el endeudamiento de los hogares podría tener implicaciones negativas para la ...
