Kruger, Mark; Mo, Kun; Sawatzky, Benjamin - 2016
importance for the overall Chinese economy and its linkages to base metal prices. We estimate that the housing boom was … responsible for roughly a quarter of the 85 per cent increase in base metal prices from 2002 to 2010. Since 2014, however, a … the 25 per cent decline in base metal prices. While the drag on metal prices should ease as the Chinese housing market …