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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155013603321

Autore

Rafiq Sohrab

Titolo

When China Sneezes Does ASEAN Catch a Cold? / / Sohrab Rafiq

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2016

ISBN

1-4755-5678-0

1-4755-5684-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (22 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Disciplina

337.51059

Soggetti

Inflation

Macroeconomics

Monetary Policy

Fiscal Policy

Open Economy Macroeconomics

Business Fluctuations

Cycles

Price Level

Deflation

Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Economic growth

Economic recession

Financial cycles

Business cycles

Asset prices

Financial sector policy and analysis

Prices

Recessions

China Foreign economic relations Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia Foreign economic relations China

China, People's Republic of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



Sommario/riassunto

This paper looks at the effects of a China slowdown on Emerging Market Economies (Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand) and Frontier Developing Economies (Cambodia, Lao P.D.R., and Vietnam) in ASEAN. The main finding is that the impact of China growth shocks on ASEAN has risen since the global financial crisis. A one percent decline in China’s growth implies a 0.3 percent reduction in growth for ASEAN EMEs and 0.2 for FDEs. An important component of inflation is also shared between ASEAN and China. These magnitudes are double what they were two decades ago due to stronger trade and financial linkages. Finally, a slowdown in China, while having real effects, also has a financial impact via slower credit growth and lower equity prices. This is in line with the existence of both portfolio balance and signaling channels, in which ASEAN market participants absorb news on China economic activity as an indicator over domestic growth prospects.