What’s driving rent inflation?

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Welcome to Thoughts on the Market. I'm Andrew Sheets, Chief ...

Rising rents and mortgage payments have been at the center of the inflation discussion. Our Global Chief Economist assesses whether monetary policy can effectively blunt those figures. 

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