China Real Estate Black Swan
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Huge Savings and Reserves:
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Having huge savings and reserves
may be comforting
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But they do not appear to always
stop or prevent market downturns
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Hong Kong during the AFC 1997 to
2007: Correlations between home
price index, reserve, and M3
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0.89
0.94
M3
Reserve
0.00
(0.04)
M3
Home Index
0.12
(0.35)
Reserve
Home Index
R2
R
Correlations :