Interest Rate Raised Again to Tame Inflation

It is normally hard to predict China's Central Bank's next move in its interest rate policy,but the raising of interest rates recently has become an open secret to most analysts, who generally believe that the Chinese CPI(Consumer Price Index) in March, which is to be released soon,will hit a new high since this period of inflation began. Wang Qing,chief economist of Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong,said that this rate hike indicates that the CPI in March that is to be released may rise above expectations and...     

"利率通道"调控模式对我国利率市场化改革的启示

金融自由化理论的发展对各国金融改革提供了理论支持,我国正在进行的利率市场化改革,迫切需要构建适合实际和发展需要的利率调控模式,所以必须了解“利率通道”调控模式的运行机制,运用实证数据对“利率通道”调控模式进行模拟分析,从而建立以“利率通道”调控为主、公开市场操作调控为辅的利率调控模式作为我国利率市场化改革的选择。     

论中国利率市场化进程与利率期货的推出

中国利率市场化的进程正在有步骤地加速推进,利率的市场化必然带来利率波动幅度的加大,如果没有有效的利率风险管理工具作为配套机制,必然会影响利率市场化的顺利进展,也影响到整个金融市场应有作用的发挥.发达国家的经验表明,利率市场化要求利率期货作为利率风险管理的机制予以配合,因此,在推进中国利率市场化的进程中应研究推出利率期货交易的问题.利率期货的最主要承载体是国债期货.根据中国目前利率市场化进展的实际情况,从各类经济实体已经或可能面临的利率风险看,对国债期货的需求日渐强烈.本文的主旨是,在论述中国利率市场化进程中,分析各类经济实体所面临的各种利率风险,以及国债期货对于这一风险管理所起的应有作用,从而得出应当推出国债期货的结论.     

The Current Account – Interest Rate Relation as a Nonlinear Phenomenon

The current account?–?interest rate relationship has been extensively investigated, but always assuming that it is linear. In this paper we examine the linearity versus nonlinearity issue with reference to this relationship in 11 OECD countries, and find overwhelming evidence in favour of nonlinearity. After testing alternative nonlinear specifications, we estimate a smooth transition regression model and a nonlinear VAR model. Finally, we provide a study of the innovation response analysis that shows adjustment behaviours of the two variables. The implications of the results are discussed.     

Interest Rate Dynamics and Consistent Forward Rate Curves

We consider as given an arbitrage‐free interest rate model M, and a parametrized family of forward rate curves G. We study the question as to when the given family G is consistent with the dynamics of the interest rate model M, in the sense that M actually will produce forward rate curves belonging to G. We allow the interest rate model to be driven by a multidimensional Wiener process, as well as by a marked point process, and we give necessary and sufficient conditions for consistency. As test cases, we study some popular models, obtaining both positive and negative results about consistency. We also introduce a natural exponential‐polynomial family of forward rate curves, and for this family we give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of consistent interest rate models with deterministic volatility functions.     

关于我国利率市场化若干问题的研究

实行利率市场化有利于增强我国银行对外资银行的竞争力,是我国金融体制改革的必然选择。研究利率市场化对我国宏观投资效益、存贷款先后次序安排及汇率的效应分析,有利于改进资金使用的宏观效益。我国是发展中国家,金融市场发育尚不完善,应选择渐近式实施利率市场化进程为宜。     

世贸组织发言人称中国入世后表现出色

<正> 世界贸易组织发言人、新闻办公室主任凯斯·罗克韦尔日前就中美半导体税收政策纠纷接受新华社记者专访时表示,中国是世贸组织中一个非常出色的成员,这一贸易纠纷丝毫不会影响中国在该组织的地位。3月18日,美国向世贸组织提起申诉,指控中国在半导体生产方面实行的税收政策使美国半导体出口商“处于非公平竞争的地位”。罗克韦尔说,世贸组织成员问发生贸易纠纷而又无法通过磋商达成一致时,通常都会将纠纷提交争端解决机构立案调查;此案之所以引起多方     

常备借贷便利与逆回购操作对货币市场利率的影响

本文基于我国平均法定准备金制度,从理论模型和实证结果上分析了常备借贷便利与央行逆回购操作对货币市场利率的影响.研究发现:(1)由不同期限,按其投放数量作为权重得出的逆回购加权利率的上升,会对货币市场利率产生正效应的影响;(2)银行局部流动性水平与开展逆回购操作概率的变化,使常备借贷便利与逆回购加权利率的调整对货币市场利率的影响具有时变特征;(3)逆回购加权利率对货币市场利率的影响在50％左右,常备借贷便利的影响弱于逆回购,但随着常备借贷便利申请数量的上升,其影响不断增强;(4)与银行间质押式回购加权利率和上海银行间同业拆放利率相比,隔夜存款类机构质押式回购加权利率对货币政策的传导最顺畅,因此可作为央行利率操作目标.     

利率杠杆的选择及人民币利率下调的论证

随着财政政策效力的减弱,在继续实施积极的财政政策的同时,应让货币政策发挥积极的作用,以保持适当较快的贷币供应增长,满足宏观经济增长的需要。连续七次降息,政策效果明显。当前有效需求不足、经济增长趋缓、储蓄存款增长、债券利率下降、国际利率降息浪潮及较低的通货膨胀率等现实的存在,都说明人民币利率再次下调有其客观性。     

Interest Rate Option Pricing With Poisson-Gaussian Forward Rate Curve Processes

We study a continuous trading bond model where the associated forward rate curve follows a multidimensional Poisson-Gaussian process. the bond market is complete, and the unique arbitrage-free interest rate call option price is explicitly derived.     

利率的动态议价过程新模型:一种新的利率决定理论

价格决定问题的研究在经济学研究中起核心作用,理论界对此问题的分析基本上在供给需求模式框架下进行,这一般来讲是合理的。但我们从分析供给需求框架的前提(消费者与生产者的二分法与两者身份的确定性)和资本作为产品本身具有的特性(三位一体性和可逆转性)入手,对继续用供给需求框架来分析利率的决定提出怀疑,并在此基础上建立起我们的利率动态议价过程新模型。在文章的最后对新模型作了几点说明。     

美联储加息、人民币汇率与价格波动

随着中国与其它国家的互动关系逐步加强,国内经济更易受外国货币政策冲击的影响。本文通过构建两国经济DSGE模型,采用参数校准法选取模型参数,利用经济变量波动特征和脉冲响应函数,分析了美国加息对人民币汇率和相关价格的影响。研究结果表明:美国加息会导致中国通货膨胀率下降和股票价格下跌,人民币汇率贬值,但汇率贬值不一定引起出口增加;美国加息冲击发生后,中国股票价格的相对波动性最大,其次是人民币汇率,随后是通货膨胀率,利率的相对波动性最小。最后提出完善宏观调控政策和加强金融宏观审慎管理制度建设等建议。     

Another Interest Rate Hike to Curb Inflation

The People's Bank of China(PBOC) announced it would raise one-year deposit and lending rates by 25 basis points taking the deposit rate to 3.25 percent and the lending rate to 6.31 percent, on the last day(April 5) of the three-day Qingming Festival or Tomb Sweeping Festival.The new rates take effect from April 6. The rates hike is the second time this year and the fourth time since last October.The hike was earlier than expected in the market.However, viewing the inflation situation in the country,the h...     

Measuring the Natural Rate of Interest Redux

Persistently low real interest rates have prompted the question whether low interest rates are here to stay. This essay assesses the empirical evidence regarding the natural rate of interest in the United States using the Laubach-Williams model. Since the start of the Great Recession, the estimated natural rate of interest fell sharply and shows no sign of recovering. These results are robust to alternative model specifications. If the natural rate remains low, future episodes of hitting the zero lower bound are likely to be frequent and long-lasting. In addition, uncertainty about the natural rate argues for policy approaches that are more robust to mismeasurement of natural rates.     

Stochastic Volatility Corrections for Interest Rate Derivatives

We study simple models of short rates such as the Vasicek or CIR models, and compute corrections that come from the presence of fast mean-reverting stochastic volatility. We show how these small corrections can affect the shape of the term structure of interest rates giving a simple and efficient calibration tool. This is used to price other derivatives such as bond options. The analysis extends the asymptotic method developed for equity derivatives in Fouque, Papanicolaou, and Sircar (2000b) . The assumptions and effectiveness of the theory are tested on yield curve data.     

The Market Model of Interest Rate Dynamics

A class of term structure models with volatility of lognormal type is analyzed in the general HJM framework. The corresponding market forward rates do not explode, and are positive and mean reverting. Pricing of caps and floors is consistent with the Black formulas used in the market. Swaptions are priced with closed formulas that reduce (with an extra assumption) to exactly the Black swaption formulas when yield and volatility are flat. A two–factor version of the model is calibrated to the U.K. market price of caps and swaptions and to the historically estimated correlation between the forward rates.