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N'Diaye, Papa M'B. P.
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November 01, 2009
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The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate
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Summary:
This paper discusses the potential macroeconomic implications for Hong Kong SAR of accommodative monetary policy in the United States. It shows, through model simulations, that a resumption of the credit channel in Hong Kong SAR has the potential to create inflation in both goods and asset markets. Expansionary financial conditions will likely have a greater impact in fueling asset price inflation, manifested in the model through a strong increase in equity prices. Higher asset prices could, in turn, through a financial accelerator mechanism, lead to further credit expansion and an upward cycle of asset prices and credit. This cycle, if unchecked, can potentially feed into volatility in consumption, output and employment and complicate macroeconomic management. The simulation results suggest there is a role for countercyclical prudential regulations to mitigate the amplitude of the cycle and lessen the financial and macroeconomic volatility associated with an unwinding of the credit-asset price cycle.
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Working Paper No. 09/256
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Asset prices | Business cycles | Credit expansion | Economic models | Exchange systems | Fiscal policy | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China | Monetary policy | Monetary transmission mechanism | United States
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Monetary policy | financial accelerator | asset prices | GIMF. |
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English
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November 01, 2009
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WPIEA2009256
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15
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