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Do US consumers benefit from Chinese imports?
[Importations chinoises : quels bénéfices pour les consommateurs US ?]

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  • Sebastian Stumpner
  • Liang Bai

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In recent years, the share of US expenditure on imports from China has increased rapidly. Using detailed consumption data from US households for the period 2004-15, we estimate that, due to Chinese penetration, prices of consumer tradable goods have grown by roughly 0.2 percentage point less per year. Other things being equal, this translates into a reduction in the cost of living of roughly USD 200 per household in 2015. Ces dernières années, la part des importations chinoises dans les dépenses des États-Unis a rapidement augmenté. Des données détaillées sur la consommation des ménages américains (2004-2015) permettent d’estimer que la pénétration chinoise a freiné la hausse des prix des biens de consommation échangeables d’environ 0,2 pp par an. Ceci représente, toutes choses égales par ailleurs, une réduction du coût de la vie d’environ 200 dollars par ménage en 2015.

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  • Sebastian Stumpner & Liang Bai, 2019. "Do US consumers benefit from Chinese imports? [Importations chinoises : quels bénéfices pour les consommateurs US ?]," Eco Notepad (in progress) 118, Banque de France.
  • Handle: RePEc:bfr:econot:118
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