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How Do Macroeconomic Developments in Mainland China Affect Hong Kong's Short-term Interest Rates?

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  • Dong He

    (Research Department, Hong Kong Monetary Authority)

  • Frank Leung

    (Research Department, Hong Kong Monetary Authority)

  • Philip Ng

    (Research Department, Hong Kong Monetary Authority)

Abstract

This paper studies the significance of Mainland-related shocks in determining Hong Kong money market interest rates after controlling for the influences of US variables. Analysis using a vector auto-regression model suggests that an unexpected rise in the Mainland policy interest rate, or a higher-than-expected growth in Mainland output or money supply, in general produces a positive and hump-shaped effect on the three-month HIBOR. Forecast error variance decomposition shows that US shocks still dominate, but Mainland shocks have become more important in accounting for the unexpected fluctuations in HIBOR in recent years. A historical decomposition shows that from autumn 2003 to spring 2005 the large negative spread between HIBOR and LIBOR was mainly due to Mainland factors. Thus, while the HIBOR-LIBOR spread is expected to be bounded inside a band that reflects the width of the Convertibility Zone of the Linked Exchange Rate system, Mainland-related shocks could exert a significant influence on the actual size of the spread.

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  • Dong He & Frank Leung & Philip Ng, 2007. "How Do Macroeconomic Developments in Mainland China Affect Hong Kong's Short-term Interest Rates?," Working Papers 0717, Hong Kong Monetary Authority.
    • Handle: RePEc:hkg:wpaper:0717
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    Hong Kong; HIBOR; Linked Exchange Rate system;
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    • E4 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates
    • F36 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration

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