This paper highlights the importance of monetary policy transmission mechanism in Thailand since the 1997 financial crisis and then undertakes an empirical investigation of Thailand monetary policy. This study makes e...This paper highlights the importance of monetary policy transmission mechanism in Thailand since the 1997 financial crisis and then undertakes an empirical investigation of Thailand monetary policy. This study makes effort to address both two aspects of monetary transmission mechanism, namely channels of monetary policy and the effect of monetary policy shocks on key macroeconomic variables. To address these issues, the paper specifies structural vector autoregressive （SVAR） models and estimates them using quarterly data from 1997q3 to 2014q4. The identification schemes used in this paper follow Kim and Roubini and Raghavan, Silvapulle, and Athanasopoulos with some modifications. The overall result is that the identifying restrictions used in the SVAR seem to appropriately identify a monetary policy shock even though the exchange rate puzzle is found. The results show that interest rate and monetary aggregate have played the dominant channels of monetary transmission mechanism in Thailand, while an exchange rate channel is decreasingly significant. In addition, Thailand economy is somewhat exposed to the foreign sector especially for the world price of oil and the U.S. monetary policy. The results also reveal the linkage and influence of U.S. monetary policy on Thailand monetary policy. The empirical findings are then used to provide Bank of Thailand （BOT） with insight into identifying the important monetary policy transmission channels. It would help the BOT to implement an effective monetary policy for achieving price stability through the appropriate monetary channels.展开更多
This works examine the responses of housing prices to the monetary policies in various Chinese cities. Thirty-five large and medium sized Chinese cities are classified into six clusters applying the minimum variance c...This works examine the responses of housing prices to the monetary policies in various Chinese cities. Thirty-five large and medium sized Chinese cities are classified into six clusters applying the minimum variance clustering method according to the calculated correlation coefficients between the housing price indices of every two cities.Time difference correlation analysis is then employed to quantify the relations between the housing price indices of the six clusters and the monetary policies.It is suggested that the housing prices of various cities evolved at different paces and their responses to the monetary policies are heterogeneous,and local economic features are more important than geographic distances in determining the housing price trends.展开更多
With diminishing population divident, rising labor costs＇ will become a medium- to long-term trend and this change will significantly affect price formation and the direction of development in China. This paper uses ...With diminishing population divident, rising labor costs＇ will become a medium- to long-term trend and this change will significantly affect price formation and the direction of development in China. This paper uses a New Keynesian Phillips Curve （NKPC） model to conduct empirical analysis on all possible drivers of inflation in China. The authors conclude that while monetary expansion and expectation on inflation both have significant, driving impacts on China＇s inflation, rising labor costs have also become an important driver of China＇s rising prices. They argue that the solution to China＇s inflation problem lies not in currency policy and currency controls alone; it must be complemented by other policies that address the root causes of inflation.展开更多
文摘This paper highlights the importance of monetary policy transmission mechanism in Thailand since the 1997 financial crisis and then undertakes an empirical investigation of Thailand monetary policy. This study makes effort to address both two aspects of monetary transmission mechanism, namely channels of monetary policy and the effect of monetary policy shocks on key macroeconomic variables. To address these issues, the paper specifies structural vector autoregressive （SVAR） models and estimates them using quarterly data from 1997q3 to 2014q4. The identification schemes used in this paper follow Kim and Roubini and Raghavan, Silvapulle, and Athanasopoulos with some modifications. The overall result is that the identifying restrictions used in the SVAR seem to appropriately identify a monetary policy shock even though the exchange rate puzzle is found. The results show that interest rate and monetary aggregate have played the dominant channels of monetary transmission mechanism in Thailand, while an exchange rate channel is decreasingly significant. In addition, Thailand economy is somewhat exposed to the foreign sector especially for the world price of oil and the U.S. monetary policy. The results also reveal the linkage and influence of U.S. monetary policy on Thailand monetary policy. The empirical findings are then used to provide Bank of Thailand （BOT） with insight into identifying the important monetary policy transmission channels. It would help the BOT to implement an effective monetary policy for achieving price stability through the appropriate monetary channels.
基金Supported by the Hundred Talent Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.71103179 and 71102129Program for Young Innovative Research Team in China University of Political Science and Law, 2010 Fund Project under the Ministry of Education of China for Youth Who are Devoted to Humanities and Social Sciences Research 10YJC630425
文摘This works examine the responses of housing prices to the monetary policies in various Chinese cities. Thirty-five large and medium sized Chinese cities are classified into six clusters applying the minimum variance clustering method according to the calculated correlation coefficients between the housing price indices of every two cities.Time difference correlation analysis is then employed to quantify the relations between the housing price indices of the six clusters and the monetary policies.It is suggested that the housing prices of various cities evolved at different paces and their responses to the monetary policies are heterogeneous,and local economic features are more important than geographic distances in determining the housing price trends.
基金This paper was made possible by grants from the National Social Science Foundation, the Ministry of Education, the 985 Project, and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Nanjing University.
文摘With diminishing population divident, rising labor costs＇ will become a medium- to long-term trend and this change will significantly affect price formation and the direction of development in China. This paper uses a New Keynesian Phillips Curve （NKPC） model to conduct empirical analysis on all possible drivers of inflation in China. The authors conclude that while monetary expansion and expectation on inflation both have significant, driving impacts on China＇s inflation, rising labor costs have also become an important driver of China＇s rising prices. They argue that the solution to China＇s inflation problem lies not in currency policy and currency controls alone; it must be complemented by other policies that address the root causes of inflation.
