• Media type: E-Book; Report
  • Title: China pro-growth monetary policy and its asymmetric transmission
  • Contributor: Chen, Kaiji [Author]; Higgins, Patrick [Author]; Waggoner, Daniel F. [Author]; Zha, Tao [Author]
  • imprint: Atlanta, GA: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 2016
  • Language: English
  • Keywords: E5 ; C13 ; policy shocks ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Geldpolitik ; investment ; Geldpolitische Transmission ; lending channel ; GDP growth target ; monetary transmission ; China ; lower growth bound ; endogenous switching ; Inflationsbekämpfung ; heavy industries ; central government ; institutional rigidities ; Geldpolitisches Ziel ; bank loans ; systematic monetary policy ; E02 ; C3 ; nonlinear VAR
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  • Description: China monetary policy, as well as its transmission, is yet to be understood by researchers and policymakers. In the spirit of Taylor (1993, 2000), we develop a tractable framework that approximates practical monetary policy of China. The framework, grounded in relevant institutional elements, allows us to quantify the policy effects on output and prices. We find strong evidence that monetary policy is designed to support real GDP growth mandated by the central government while resisting inflation pressures and that contributions of monetary policy shocks to the GDP fluctuation are asymmetric across different states of the economy. These findings highlight the role of M2 growth as a primary instrument and the bank lending channel to investment as a key transmission mechanism for monetary policy. Our analysis sheds light on institutional constraints on a gradual transition from M2 growth to the nominal policy interest rate as a primary instrument for monetary policy.
  • Access State: Open Access