China Real Estate Black Swan
¨Huge Savings and Reserves:
¨Having huge savings and reserves may be comforting
¨But they do not appear to always stop or prevent market downturns
¨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 :