Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/93627 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Staff Report No. 622
Publisher: 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, NY
Abstract: 
Although China now has one of the largest government bond markets in the world, the market has received relatively little attention and analysis. We describe the history and structure of the market and assess its functioning. We find that trading in individual bonds was historically sparse but has increased markedly in recent years. We find also that certain announcements of macroeconomic news, such as China's producer price index (PPI) and manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI), have significant effects on yields, even when such yields are measured at a daily level. Despite the increased activity in the market, we are able to reject the null hypothesis of market efficiency under two different tests for four of the most actively traded bonds.
Subjects: 
trading activity
market efficiency
announcements
interest rates
JEL: 
G12, G14, E43
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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