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The imported price, inflation and exchange rate pass-through in China

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  • Hai Yue Liu
  • Xiao Lan Chen

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This paper considers the effect of exchange rate (ER) level on China’s domestic prices during the period of 2003–2012. We examine China’s consumer price index (CPI), import price index (IPI) and producer price index (PPI) by using time series vector error correction analysis. The main finding of the paper is that ER pass-through has had a limited but growing effect on domestic prices and will continue to do so. ER regime change that was announced by Chinese government in 2005 led to an increased sensitivity of ER pass-through to domestic prices.

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  • Hai Yue Liu & Xiao Lan Chen, 2017. "The imported price, inflation and exchange rate pass-through in China," Cogent Economics & Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 5(1), pages 1279814-127, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:oaefxx:v:5:y:2017:i:1:p:1279814
    DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2017.1279814
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