In contrast to core goods, housing services inflation, the blue dashed line in figure 3, has not started to come down yet. Housing services prices are estimated using information on rents and measure the price that renters pay, and homeowners would pay, to live in their homes. Like core goods, demand in the housing sector underwent a major shift during the pandemic.
E-Commerce is process of providing the buyers of goods and services, the option to carry out such transactions, and pay for the same, without being physically present. E-commerce platforms can bring in efficiency and cost benefits to buyers. But the key to such arrangements is the delivery.