Stock returns,inflation and interest rates in the United Kingdom

The Fisherian theory of interest asserts that a fully perceived change in inflation would be reflected in nominal interest rates and stock returns in the same direction in the long run. This paper examines the Fisherian hypothesis of asset returns using alternative techniques of linear regression, and vector error correction models to examine the nature of the relationship between stock returns and inflation in the UK. Consistent with the Fisherian hypothesis, empirical evidence in the linear regression model suggests a positive and statistically significant relationship between stock returns and inflation, which regards common stock as a good hedge against inflation. The results based on the unit root and cointegration tests indicate a long-run reliable relationship between price levels, share prices, and interest rates which could be interpreted as the long-run determinants of stock returns. The findings also suggest a bidirectional relationship between stock returns and inflation. The evidence of a significant Fisher effect is robust across model specifications.     

Stock Returns Under High Inflation and Interest Rates: Evidence from the Brazilian Market

We analyze the relationship of high inflation and interest rates with stock returns in Brazil from May 1986 to May 2011, during which Brazil experienced subperiods of both high inflation (May 1986-June 1994) and relative monetary stability (July 1994-May 2011). The result in the total period is dominated by high inflation volatility, and the findings suggest a bidirectional relationship between stock returns and inflation. During the high-inflation subperiod, interest rates are relevant to explain future changes in inflation and stock returns. Under low inflation, movements in interest rates are better anticipated by equity investors, suggesting higher market efficiency than in high-inflation circumstances.     

利息是利润的一部分——评加息争议

马克思系统科学地论证了利息是利润的一部分,利息率由利润率调节。中国利率形成机制与发达国家不同,没有以调控货币量为基础,在开放背景下,加息反而可能加剧通胀。由于利息是利润的一部分,针对目前关于加息的争议,我们要吸取经验教训,防止加息造成“利息挤压利润”导致企业经营困境。基于利息本原的理论逻辑与现实表现,目前加息应慎行。     

The impact of jump risks on nominal interest rates and foreign exchange rates

This article investigates the relationship between the nominal interest rate and inflation and also the forward exchange rate under a general specification of the underlying processes govering the foreign exchange rate. There are three distinct risks that affect the relation between the real rate of interest and the nominal rate namely, consumption risk, diffusion risk, and the existence of jump risks of inflation. Jump risks lower the nominal interest rate because of jump hedging of a nominal bond. The forward exchange rate depends on the expected depreciation of the domestic currency as well as these three risks. As the domestic jump risks increase, the domestic nominal interest rate decreases and the forward exchange rate decreases.     

An examination of real interest rates in the United States, Canada, France, and Germany during the recent floating exchange rate period

This study reexamines the international linkage of ex-ante real interest rates using the theory of cointegrated processes. The univariate unit root tests suggest the existence of a nonstationary real interest rate in the United States, Canada, and (the former) West Germany. An ex-ante real interest rate is obtained by subtracting estimates of inflation from the nominal interest rate. The expected inflation rates are obtained by modeling changes in monthly CPI values as autoregressive moving average (ARMA) processes. A multivariate test for unit roots indicates that there are two cointegrating vectors, or one common stochastic trend, for the system of three nonstationary real interest rates. In addition, the log-likelihood ratio test fails to reject the null hypothesis that, in the long run, real interest rates in the United States are equal to those in Canada and West Germany.     

The Relationship between Federal Deficits and Real Interest Rates

Real interest rates fluctuated a great deal since the 1970s. In the 1980s federal deficits accelerated and their impact on both nominal and real interest rates gained lots of attention. Based on monthly and quarterly data from January 1971 to December 1997 it is found that federal deficits had significant positive effect on the real interest rates: Personal income or consumption are found to have significant positive impact on the real interest rates, whereas expected inflation and money supply are found to have negative impact on the real interest rates. These findings are consistent with the conventional economic theory.     

利率市场化、信贷歧视与中国经济发展——基于动态一般均衡模型的分析

通过引入"信贷系数"刻画了行业间可能存在的信贷歧视现象,拓展了中国动态一般均衡模型(Chinagem),模拟了中国利率市场化改革下整体利率水平提高、行业间利率歧视消除以及金融服务增效三条路径的动态经济效应.相对于基期而言,实际利率水平上升、行业间利率歧视消除将引起投资和实际GDP下降,但有利于优化行业资源配置,改善贸易条件;金融部门服务增效促进了投资和经济增长.此外,利率市场化有助于促进我国产业结构优化升级,推动国有企业改革.     

中国利率市场化改革前景分析:理论依据与经验借鉴

利率市场化是建设社会主义市场经济体制、发挥市场配置资源作用的重要内容,是加强我国金融间接调控的关键,是完善金融机构自主经营机制、提高竞争力的必要条件。因此,稳步推进利率市场化已成为我国下一步深化金融改革的重要任务之一。通过积极寻求有关利率市场化的理论依据并科学借鉴已实施利率市场化国家和地区的经验,对于提出我国利率市场化的具体实施思路以及客观分析当前所需外部条件具有十分重要的意义。在当前利率市场化的思路和方案已经基本明晰的前提下,当务之急是积极创造条件以推进利率市场化改革的进程,防范和化解利率市场化进程中蕴藏的各种风险。     

Real rates, nominal rates, and the Fisherian link

Before the introduction of Treasury Inflation-Indexed Securities (TIIS) in January 1997, the ex ante real rate in the United States was unobservable. This study describes the new Treasury security and extracts from its price a time series of ex ante real pure discount rates with a constant 10-year maturity. The study then identifies an ex ante nominal rate time series counterpart. Empirical evidence from Johansen's cointegration analysis indicates that there exists a cointegrated system between the real and nominal rates. This finding casts doubt on the accuracy of tests of the Fisher effect that infer a constant or stationary real rate.     

国债收益率曲线预测未来通胀变化的信息价值研究

利率期限结构具有预测未来通货膨胀率变化的信息价值,这在国外的大量研究中已得到肯定。本文采用NSS模型估计了我国上海证券交易所的国债收益率曲线,并采用Mishkin模型和扩展的Mishkin模型,实证分析了上交所国债收益率曲线对未来通货膨胀率变化的预测能力,并研究了不同期限的国债收益率与通货膨胀率的关系。结果表明,上交所国债收益率曲线不具有预测未来通货膨胀率变化的信息价值,而且不同期限的国债收益率与当前的通货膨胀率存在很强的正相关,而与未来通货膨胀率的正相关很弱,甚至存在负相关。     

我国利率市场化的目标、障碍和对策探讨

利率市场化的实现表现在两个层面上:一是在宏观层面上,表现为借贷市场资金的供求均衡决定利率总水平;二是在微观层面上,表现为具体融资项目的当事人根据项目的特点,通过协商或讨价还价,自主决定融资项目的利率.目前,我国整个利率体系的基准利率确定困难、商业银行风险定价能力不足以及利率市场化之后可能出现的存贷利差缩小是推进利率市场化进程的主要障碍.本文认为:我们应根据现有市场条件构建基准利率指标,为各具特点的融资项目提供合理的定价基础;商业银行应在市场建设的同时积极实践,以提高风险定价能力;商业银行之间应避免过度竞争,以保持合理利差.     

我国个人住房贷款利率合理水平探讨

本文从个人住房贷款利率水平影响因素角度入手，运用中美两国住房贷款利率水平比较的方法对我国当前的个人住房贷款的合理利率水平进行分析。得出了我国目前的个人住房贷款利率水平偏高的基本结论，认为我国商业银行拥有高于国外同行的超额利润，房贷存在“暴利”，我国浮动利率住房贷款利率水平合理的范围应当在4-5％左右。     

Interest Rate Pass-Through in China: An Analysis of Chinese Commercial Banks

This study investigates the interest rate transmission in China. We analyze the extent to which the benchmark and wholesale interest rates are transmitted to the retail interest rates and focus particularly on the change in the interest rate pass-through after the interest rate liberalization. Using data of 16 listed banks from 2007Q1 to 2017Q3, we find that the pass-through is not yet complete. Even though interest rates have been liberalized on the policy level, the sensitivity of the retail interest rates to the wholesale rates has not increased enough as expected and may be explained by the market power of Chinese commercial banks.     

发达国家央行拉开加息序幕

2011年初以来,由于石油等国际大宗商品价格大幅上升,发达国家的通货膨胀压力日益增大。文章在依次分析欧洲、英国、美国的经济与通胀发展形势乃至其货币政策决策者观点后指出,欧洲中央银行加息拉开了发达国家央行加息的序幕,预计年内欧央行还可能加息;英格兰银行将视经济情况决定年内加息时机;美联储在退出量化宽松货币政策后,可能于今年底或明年初提高美元基准利率。     

Information,interest rates,and the volatility of asset prices

The volatility of an asset price is modelled as a function of the volatility of an information signal, real interest rates and inflation expectations. Volatility depends on the duration of cash flows, and the degree to which cash flows are indexed to real rates and inflation. The model is applied to determine asset betas, the volatility of the futures prices of assets and the volatility of equity prices.     

中国金融市场通胀预期——基于利率期限结构的量度

通胀预期量度在以通胀预期为导向的货币政策中的意义重大。本文利用卡尔曼滤波法将离散时间两因子无套利广义高斯仿射模型运用于我国银行间债券市场,第一次从中国国债收益率曲线中分解出金融市场的中长期通胀预期L。将L与居民通胀预期和经济学家通胀预期比较,发现从事前看,L优于经济学家通胀预期,稍逊于居民通胀预期;从事后看,L优于居民通胀预期,稍逊于经济学家通胀预期。综合看,L作为金融市场形成的、高频的、反映中长期通胀的预期指数,对货币政策制定具有现实的参考意义。     

流动性约束视角下我国房价财富效应与最优利率规则研究

后危机时代中国房价的波动引起了广泛关注,如何利用以货币政策为代表的宏观调控抑制高房价透支未来经济发展的程度,成为当前管理层高度关注的焦点。本文建立了新凯恩斯模型框架分析房价波动如何通过流动性约束影响消费,从而揭示了中央银行货币政策与房价的财富效应之间的关系,得出最优利率规则中房价的最优权重随预期通胀、产出缺口、房价和名义利率而变动的结论。通过实证分析本文进而认为,利率规则比货币供应量更能迅速调控房价的增长和居民消费的扩张。中国房价上涨的财富效应虽然比较明显,但流动性约束的作用机制需要一个过程才能显现,利率调控的效果也有一个量变到质变的过程,从而在理论上为中央银行制定应对房价的利率政策提供了一定启示。     

The reset inflation puzzle and the heterogeneity in price stickiness

New Keynesian models have been criticised on the grounds that they require implausibly large price shocks to explain inflation. Bils et al. (2012) show that, while these shocks are needed to reduce the excessive inflation persistence generated by the models, they give rise to unrealistically volatile reset price inflation. This paper shows that introducing heterogeneity in price stickiness in the models overcomes these criticisms directed at them. The incorporation of heterogeneity in price stickiness reduces the need for large price shocks. With smaller price shocks, the new model comes close to matching the data on reset inflation.     

关于我国利率和利率传导关系的思考

当前我国银行体系利率大致可分为货币市场利率和信贷市场利率,其中由央行指定的利率主要有存贷款基准利率、再贴现率等。在货币市场上,隔夜同业拆借利率具有基准利率的地位。在信贷市场上,在特定时期,保持适当的存贷款利差具有积极意义。由于一些阻碍信贷市场与货币市场统一的制度安排的存在,这两个市场间的利率传导呈现出一定的不对称性。为推进利率市场化,进一步完善我国利率体系,下一步应逐步弥合市场分割,加强货币市场基准利率建设,培育商业银行利率定价能力。     

理财产品对推进存款利率市场化的影响分析

近年来我国理财产品市场发展迅速。在我国存款利率尚未完全市场化的条件下,银行理财产品成为我国利率市场化的重要推动力。本文分析了理财产品在推进存款利率市场化方面的优势和有效性,探讨了理财产品在发现和推动存款利率市场化方面的重要作用,并提出了相关建议。