I have to provide the following, but I am not understanding the question, can you please help me?

• Provide an example of two variables that may be correlated but not have a cause-and-effect relationship. Identify what type of bivariate correlation is involved, based on the measurement scales of the variables.

I wanted to use affordable housing and inflation, because its what I work with and do for a living, but I can't seem to explain it. Please help!