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Abstract

Movement in China’s money supply drives the movement in world money supply over the last twenty years. Within the framework advanced by Kilian (2009) that identifies the supply and demand side factors driving oil price changes we introduce the influence of liquidity in China and other countries on oil price changes. Structural shocks are large for both G3 (U.S., Eurozone and Japan) real M2 and China’s real M2. However, the cumulative impact of real G3 M2 shocks on real oil prices is small in contrast to a large cumulative effect of China’s real M2 on the real price of
crude oil. It is shown that increased liquidity in China relative to that in the U.S., Eurozone and Japan
significantly raises real oil prices over 1996:1-2011:12. Following a sharp fall in real oil price in the last half of 2008, the cumulative impact of China’s real M2 on the real price of crude oil is particularly substantial in the recovery of oil price during 2009 from a low of $41.68 for January 2009. The analysis sheds light on the causes of movement in oil prices over the last twenty five years
and in assessing the relative importance of China in the upsurge of the real price of crude oil.

Item Type:	Report (Discussion Paper)
Authors/Creators:	Ratti, R and Vespignani, JL
Keywords:	Oil Price, China’s Global Influence, Oil Price and Liquidity, repec
Publisher:	University of Tasmania
Additional Information:	Discussion Paper 2012-05 - Copyright 2012 University of Tasmania
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