• Media type: Report; E-Book
  • Title: Exchange Rate Regime, Financial Market Bubbles and Long-Term Growth in China: Lessons from Japan
  • Contributor: Schnabl, Gunther [Author]
  • imprint: Munich: Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), 2016
  • Language: English
  • Keywords: capital controls ; Hayek low interest rate policy ; bubble economy ; overinvestment ; E58 ; China ; E42 ; secular stagnation ; rebalancing ; Japan ; E32 ; exchange rate policy
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  • Description: The paper argues that persistent current account surpluses and increasing foreign currency-denominated asset positions constitute long-term appreciation expectations on yuan and yen, which have made China and Japan vulnerable to U.S. interest rate cuts and appreciation expectation shocks. For both China and Japan – at different points of time – self-fulfilling runs into yuan and yen have triggered monetary policy expansions, which are identified as the breeding ground for overinvestment, speculative bubbles and post-bubble secular stagnation. To prevent a similar scenario for China capital controls, a tighter monetary policy and a fixed exchange rate regime are recommended.
  • Access State: Open Access