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Monetary policy, hot money and housing price growth across Chinese cities

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  • Xiaoyu Huang
  • Tao Jin
  • Ji Zhang

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We use a dynamic hierarchical factor model to identify the national, regional and local factors of the city-level housing price growth in China. During the zero-lower-bound (ZLB) episode in the U.S., local factors account for 78% of variations in the month-on-month city-level housing price growth. However, as the time horizon extends, the national factor gets a larger variance share, reaching 51% in a half-year horizon. This indicates that the city-level housing price growth in China is more of a national phenomenon in the long run. We then use a VAR model to investigate the driving forces of the national factor and find that monetary policy and hot money shocks affect the national housing price growth significantly. A tightening monetary policy shock has a significant negative impact on the national factor, which lasts for more than 2 years. An increase in hot money inflows causes a significant but transitory rise in the national factor. Moreover, we find that the quantitative easing measure adopted by the U.S. Fed is behind the surge of capital inflows into China.

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  • Xiaoyu Huang & Tao Jin & Ji Zhang, 2021. "Monetary policy, hot money and housing price growth across Chinese cities," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(59), pages 6855-6877, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:53:y:2021:i:59:p:6855-6877
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2021.1949433
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    1. Deng, Qiu Shi & Alvarado, Rafael & Cheng, Fang Nan & Cuesta, Lizeth & Wang, Chun Bao & Pinzón, Stefania, 2023. "Long-run mechanism for house price regulation in China: Real estate tax, monetary policy or macro-prudential policy?," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 77(C), pages 174-186.
    2. Tang, Chun & Liu, Xiaoxing & Zhou, Donghai, 2022. "Financial market resilience and financial development: A global perspective," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).

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