The Diffusion and Dynamics of Producer Prices, Deflationary Pressure across Asian Countries, and the Role of China

Hongyi Chen, Michael Funke and Andrew Tsang
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Hongyi Chen: Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research

No 152016, Working Papers from Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research

Abstract: The ongoing producer price deflation in China and other Asian economies is a genuine concern. In particular, China¡¯s producer prices are down a cumulative 12.7 percent from their peak in 2011, extending the stretch of negative producer price readings for 52 months in a row. Given the problem of overcapacity and heavy debt burden, this persistent decline in the producer price index could hurt corporate revenue, which limits fixed investments and the country's overall growth. Against this background, the paper analyses the determinants of the producer price decline across 11 Asian economies, and finds that the recent synchronous and protracted producer price deflation is driven by weak production growth, sharp declines in commodity prices, spillover effects from China¡¯s producer price deflation and policy uncertainty and, to a lesser extent, exchange rate pass-through. Since China is at the heart of the region¡¯s producer price deflation challenge, we also discuss the necessary structural adjustments in China to cope with the decline and head off deflationary threats.

Keywords: Producer prices; international spillovers; deflation; Asia; structural adjustments; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 C32 E31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2016-08
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