Using transaction-level trade data from China Customs and loan data from the China Development Bank (CDB), we analyze how government-subsidized credit in China affects its exports and the economic activities in the U.S. We find that CDB credit to strategic industries at the top of supply chains...

Globalization and financial sector reforms in India have ushered a vibrant change in Indian economic system. Current growth of India puts it's among the largest and fastest growing economy of the world. Following the liberalization, Asian economy is becoming the hub of world economy. Sixty...

Purpose – This paper aims to study the monetary transmission mechanism of China from January 1996 to December 2009 under endogenous structural breaks. Design/methodology/approach – The study constructs a benchmark VAR model and then adds the proxy variables for four channels of monetary...

Purpose–This paper aims to study the monetary transmission mechanism of China from January 1996 to December 2009 under endogenous structural breaks. Design/methodology/approach–The study constructs a benchmark VAR model and then adds the proxy variables for four channels of monetary policy...

This selected issues paper on Indonesia was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on August 21, 2012. The views expressed...

China's economic development has been exceptionally robust since the end of the 1970s, and the country has already emerged as the second biggest economy in the world. In this study, we seek to illuminate the role of the monetary policy in this successful economic performance and as a part of the...

The predictive power of the yield curve slope, or the yield spread is well established in the United States (US) and European Union (EU) countries since 1998. However, there exists a gap in the literature on the predictive power of the yield spread on the Chinese economy. This paper provides a...