Table A4.

The individual and joint impacts of EPU and inflation on loan price (adding gov bond yield)

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−0.010***0.001−0.038***0.003−0.011***0.001−0.039***0.003
c.Inflation0.411***0.1130.488***0.1281.025***0.0770.909***0.154
c.Inflation × c.EPU    0.003***0.0000.008***0.002
Interest expense to liabilities2.696***0.1442.686***0.1542.690***0.1462.686***0.154
Non-interest expenses to assets0.0630.3720.622**0.276−0.1040.3180.572*0.288
LLP to gross loans0.664***0.1410.439**0.1870.577***0.1120.403**0.158
Equity to assets−0.0090.025−0.0180.0290.0090.025−0.0070.031
Loan to deposits−0.0060.004−0.0070.004−0.0050.003−0.0060.004
Bank size0.543*0.2910.580*0.3061.059***0.1860.896**0.324
GDP growth−0.251**0.094−0.494***0.075−0.126**0.045−0.382***0.111
Govt bond yield−0.673***0.188−0.898***0.294−0.820***0.144−1.021***0.271
Constant0.8423.4532.7703.645−4.809**2.265−0.9044.157
Observations1,625 1,6251,6251,625

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

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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