Table A3.

The individual and joint impacts of EPU and inflation on loan price (adding CR5)

China’s EPUGlobal EPUChina’s EPUGlobal EPU
Med EPU SCMPGlobal med EPUMed EPU SCMPGlobal med EPU
EPU measuresCoef.Std. errCoef.Std. errCoef.Std. errCoef.Std. err
c.EPU−0.009***0.001−0.032***0.003−0.010***0.001−0.032***0.003
c.Inflation0.324**0.1200.359**0.1430.969***0.1000.670***0.170
c.Inflation × c.EPU    0.003***0.0000.006*0.003
Interest expense to liabilities2.683***0.1492.666***0.1632.677***0.1522.666***0.162
Non-interest expenses to assets−0.2010.5140.0840.380−0.4280.4550.0410.412
LLP to gross loans0.628***0.1550.454**0.1900.581***0.1390.452**0.181
Equity to assets−0.0090.028−0.0100.0320.0150.0290.0000.034
Loan to deposits−0.0060.004−0.0050.003−0.0050.003−0.0050.003
Bank size0.596*0.3220.726**0.3201.199***0.2310.991**0.351
GDP growth−0.258**0.107−0.480***0.102−0.0680.076−0.360**0.133
CR50.019***0.0060.035***0.0050.019***0.0060.035***0.005
Constant−2.8644.027−3.6383.805−10.497***2.785−7.380*4.198
Observations1,4931,4931,4931,493

Note(s): ***, ** and * indicate 1, 5 and 10% levels of significance, respectively

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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