What are causes of inflation in China and how to cope with inflation?
In the past decades, China has experienced a rapid economic growth. However, Chinese people have been greatly affected by the inflation caused by such rapid economic development. Compared with other years in 2000s, the inflation rate in 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010 were quite higher which more than 3 percent (Zhang, 2011). And in 2007 only, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by nearly 5% from 2.2% to over 7% (Anderson, 2008). It seems to be clear that inflation rate has not been slowed down yet. Understanding causes of inflation as well as finding effective measures to fight against inflation are imperative for Chinese government. This essay argues that monetary
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Consequently, a huge amount of foreign currency is poured into China which is then converted into Yuan by The People’s Bank of China (PBOC). Therefore, money is pumped into domestic market which far exceeds the real demand, making the Yuan depreciate and finally boost the price level. Precisely, the monetary factor is more likely to be the root of China’s inflation no matter in theory and in figures.
Apart from the internal causes, changes in the international context also bring considerable effects to Chinese inflation. First of all, international trade may impact the domestic inflation. Global trade creates internationally economic links of all countries. Any changes in the global economy also generate undeniable influences on China’s inflation. For example, American inflationary pressure can be transferred to China owing to the fixed exchange rate of China for trading activities such as the growing importation from America (Feyzioglu & Willard, 2008). Approximately, one-tenth of the inflation in China can be influenced by the US GDP, the US output and US inflation (Feyzioglu& Willard, 2008). Furthermore, China domestic CPI and PPI (producer price index) can be affected by the increase in international commodity price. For example, every 10% increase in international commodity prices can cause 1.2% rise in PPI, 0.24% rise in CPI, and 0.2% increase in non-food CPI several months later (Liu and Tsang, 2008). Therefore, external situation plays an
For the last twenty eight years, China has been quickly growing into one of the largest economies in the world. China has accomplished this feat, in part, by radically changing their policies on trade and free market interactions with other countries. During this process, China has bought approximately one hundred trillion dollars of United States debt in the form of Treasury bills, notes, bonds, and Inflation Protected Securities (Amadeo). This debt has given China leverage against the United States which has enabled China to keep the value of the United States dollar high, while keeping the value of the Chinese yuan low. As the inflation of the dollar continues to negatively affect the
Wang Xijue writes in a report to the emperor about the reason grain is so cheap. The price is so low because there is hardly any silver in the area to trade with. As he said, “The national government requires silver for taxes but disburses little silver in its expenditures.” (doc. 3) Inflation was also shown in the report to the emperor written by He Qiaoyuan. The report describes how since China will only accept silver in exchange for goods, it makes goods from China more and more expensive as they get traded farther away, “Chinese silk yarn worth 100 bars of silver can be sold in the Philippines at a price of 200 or 300 bars of silver there.” (doc. 7) The point of view in this document is from someone who is trying to repeal the ban on foreign trade. If they get rid of the ban, China can make a lot more money since their products are so desired. These examples show that there is too much silver going into China and not enough coming out. They also explain how people in China are affected due to the scarcity of silver in their towns. Inflation affected the economics of China
Since the reform and opening up, the economy of China grows significantly, as an emerging economy, China's economy has made tremendous contributions to the global economy, and Renminbi has become one of the most important currency in the world. According to the survey conducted by China National Bureau of Statistics found that from 1979 to 2012, China has attained an annual average growth rate of 9.8% for its national economy, while the annual average growth of the world economy is only 2.8 % during the same period. In past 30 years, China's GDP surpassed Japan’s, China became the world 's second largest economy, in addition, the huge total volume of trade makes China become the world 's largest trading nation. The contribution of China’s
The United States inflation rates are a problem, if the government were to control them then the United States would flourish from a “B+” economy to a “A” economy. In the United States (September, 2015) consumer prices went up 1.5%,
Third, Chinese currency appreciation makes Chinese products more expensive to developed countries. In 1994, the dollar-to-yuan exchange rate for was 8.7, and 18 years later, the rate has decreased to 6.3, which means Americans have to pay 28% more to buy the same “made in China” products. Furthermore, the regulations and tariffs western countries have imposed on China make export more difficult and costly.
The Big Mac Index dated February 01, 2007 shows that the price of Big Mac in China
Economic inflation is large issue that tends to take place everywhere, this has even appeared in the early days of the United States. To be exact, inflation is the rise sustained in the general level of cost on services and goods over time in an economy. When the cost level grows the unit of currency buys less services and goods. Some causes for inflation include: push in profit, productivity decline, increase in house prices and the printing of more money. Often times these result in services and goods becoming less affordable due to an increase in prices.
A lot of literatures have already studied about the inflation and inflation prediction and in this paper literature review will be discussed from the theoretical aspect and empirical aspect. The researches of the inflation, which are studied, by a lot of scholars in the field of economics have been conducted for a long time especially during the 1970s and it is the heyday when people would like to pay more attention to research the inflation. The inflation has become a hot topic among the economic life and social life since 1987. However, no matter whether it is in the western economic field or in the Chinese economic field, people have different definitions on the inflation and so far there is no unified opinion and conclusion can be accepted generally by everyone. For example, Wyplosz and Burda (1997), Blanchard (2000), and Barro (1997) define that inflation is a sustained rising in the overall price level of products and services in an economy throughout the time period. By contrast, Zha and Zhong (2016) define that inflation is considerable as the mechanism to improve economic growth. In general, the common definition of the inflation is that the inflation is a continuous rising process in the aspect of price. In other words, the value of the currency decreases continually.
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