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Housing Weight in Inflation Baskets Varies Widely Across Economies

Original: Weight of Housing Components in CPI across a sample of economies. (IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026) Housing tak

New IMF World Economic Outlook data from October 2026 shows housing accounts for radically different shares of consumer price index baskets across economies, ranging from under 10% to around 40%. The comparison covers rents and owner-equivalent imputed rents, and highlights how much the measured impact of housing costs on headline inflation depends on how each statistical office constructs its basket.

Why now: Housing affordability and inflation remain hot topics, and the chart shows how differently countries measure housing's role in inflation.

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• Weight of Housing Components in CPI across a sample of economies. (IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026) Housing takes a very different share of CPI baskets across economies, from under 10% to about 40%. In countries where rents and owner-equivalent imputed rents are a… · apostolos_kl · 3

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