Inflation, Unemployment and the NAIRU in Australia

In this paper we investigate the relationship between inflation and unemployment in Australia, post 1959. Our approach is based on identification of the time series components of the data. Evidence is found of significant correlations between the non-trend frequencies of inflation and unemployment and these correlations are exploited to estimate a simple forecasting model that does not suffer from the instability normally associated with the Phillips Curve. Estimates of the NAIRU are also provided and these range from as low as 2.3 per cent to as high as 9.2 per cent over this period, but these estimates are quite imprecise. Reasons for this imprecision are discussed.     

依托长三角,辐射全中国,做大贷款转让市场——在“长江三角洲地区金融论坛”的讲演

我国贷款转让市场作为金融市场体系的重要组成部分,有良好的发展前景和空间。目前,贷款转让市场尚处市场建设的初期阶段,须从交易产品的特殊性上着手,从信息披露、市场准入和交易创新等方面探寻合适的解决路径。应充分利用区域经济特点、上海国际金融中心建设的优势,依托长三角地区培育贷款转让市场。中国外汇交易中心覆盖全国和多个市场层次的交易网络和信息系统、众多的市场参与者,将是贷款转让市场从长三角走出去并与全国市场参与者高效便捷联成一体的重要基础。     

有效抑制“冲时点”的逻辑起点

商业银行＂冲时点＂的行为,人为扭曲了信贷市场的供求状况,且通过引致货币市场流动性阶段性紧张,间接影响货币政策调控效果。商业银行＂冲时点＂现象的存在,既有内部激励因素,也有外部压力因素。有效治理商业银行＂冲时点＂行为,需要商业银行转变经营理念;亦需要监管部门从宏观审慎管理的角度,按照市场化监管逻辑建立银行自律与市场监管结合的激励相容机制。     

中国金融市场信用风险模型研究与应用

文章运用中国金融市场和原银行信贷登记系统数据及人民银行组织的信用评级等数据资源,在金融工程理论和技术方法创新的基础上,借鉴国际信用风险模型中违约模式代表——KMV模型原理,实证建立由判别函数和违约强度共同构成的中国金融市场违约预警模型;借鉴国际信用风险模型中盯市模式代表——CreditMetrics模型原理,使用蒙特卡罗模拟方法实证建立中国金融市场信用组合计量模型;探索这两类模型在中国信贷市场、外汇市场、货币市场和债券市场风险管理实务中的应用;并在此基础上提出了政策性建议。     

The Productivity Slowdown Puzzle. Technological and Non-technological Shocks in the Labor Market

Abstract

In this paper we examine the relationships between business cycles in the G7 countries. We focus on whether recessionary periods in one country are independent of the timing of recessions in other countries in the G7, using three different methods for dating recessions. We find that the evidence is mixed on whether phases of the business cycle in North America and in European countries are independent, or whether there is a common phase structure in the business cycle across all the G7 economies. NBER dates suggest that business cycles are synchronised, while other methods for generating business cycle chronologies are more consistent with regional, rather than international cycles. We also find mixed evidence on whether the UK is synchronised with European countries, while Japan quite clearly has the cycle that is most independent of other G7 countries.     

Exchange Rate Volatility and Macroeconomic Performance in Hong Kong

The paper presents evidence on whether Hong Kong’s currency board arrangement, in place since 1983, has affected the volatility of real macroeconomic variables. Simple evidence on the relative volatilities of relevant macroeconomic variables before and after 1983 is presented, before a more formal econometric framework is utilized to examine the linkages between the exchange rate and the real economy. It is found that the currency board period has been one of relative stability in Hong Kong, though it has also been a period where external factors have been relatively benign. Even after controlling for the external environment, it is found that the currency board period is one of low macroeconomic volatility.