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Reade, J. James and Volz, Ulrich (2010) Chinese Monetary Policy and the Dollar Peg. Berlin: Free University Berlin, School of Business and Economics. Economics Discussion Paper no. 2020/35.

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Abstract

This paper investigates to what extent Chinese monetary policy is constrained by the dollar peg. To this end, we use a cointegration framework to examine whether Chinese interest rates are driven by the Fed's policy. In a second step, we estimate a monetary model for China, in which we include also other monetary policy tools besides the central bank interest rate, namely reserve requirement ratios and open market operations. Our results suggest China has been relatively successful in isolating its monetary policy from the US policy and that the interest rate tool has not been effectively made use of. We therefore conclude that by employing capital controls and relying on other instruments than the interest rate China has been able to exert relatively autonomous monetary policy.

Item Type: Monographs and Working Papers (Discussion Paper)
SOAS Departments & Centres: Departments and Subunits > Department of Economics
Legacy Departments > Faculty of Law and Social Sciences > Department of Economics
ISBN: 9783941240476
Date Deposited: 16 Apr 2013 10:50
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/15885

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