This document summarizes a study that tested Fisher's hypothesis in Nigeria between 1970-2012. The study used quarterly data on interest rates and inflation rates to examine the causal relationship between the two variables. It employed cointegration and Granger causality tests and found that:
1) There is no significant long-run relationship between interest and inflation rates, violating Fisher's hypothesis in the long-run.
2) In the short-run, there is no causal link from interest rates to inflation, but there is a causal link from inflation to interest rates, supporting Fisher's hypothesis.
3) Fisher's hypothesis that nominal interest rates consist of expected inflation plus a real interest rate component is validated in the short-run
This study examined the nature of the relationship between the macroeconomic variables and share prices using the Nairobi Securities Exchange All Share Index (NASI). The study used four macroeconomic variables namely; interest rate, inflation, exchange rate and gross domestic product (GDP) for the period January 2008 to December 2014. The study found a positive relationship between GDP and NSE share prices. Exchange rate was found to have an insignificant positive relationship with share prices while interest rates had negative relationship with share prices. Inflation rate was found to have significant negative relationship with share prices due to its effect on purchasing power. The study concluded that the four macroeconomic variables combined had strong positive and significant relationship with share prices. The macroeconomic variables accounted for 86.97% of changes in share prices. The study recommended that capital markets regulators and other government regulatory bodies should promote a stable macroeconomic environment in the country for optimal performance of shares and stock market at large.
Empirical Analysis of Fiscal Dominance and the Conduct of Monetary Policy in ...AJHSSR Journal
The study empirically investigates fiscal dominance and the conduct of monetary policy in
Nigeria, using quarterly data from 1986Q1 to 2016Q4. It adopts the vector error correction mechanism (VECM)
and cointegration technique to analyze the data and make inference. The findings reveal that there is no
evidence of fiscal dominance in Nigeria. The empirical results show that budget deficit, domestic debt and
money supply have no significant influence on the average price level. However, budget deficit and domestic
debt are shown to have significant influence on money supply, but only in the short-run. The policy implication
is that the government should enforce fiscal discipline through the appropriate institution and the Central Bank
should be given autonomy to perform the primary function of long-term price stability, among other functions.
This study examined the nature of the relationship between the macroeconomic variables and share prices using the Nairobi Securities Exchange All Share Index (NASI). The study used four macroeconomic variables namely; interest rate, inflation, exchange rate and gross domestic product (GDP) for the period January 2008 to December 2014. The study found a positive relationship between GDP and NSE share prices. Exchange rate was found to have an insignificant positive relationship with share prices while interest rates had negative relationship with share prices. Inflation rate was found to have significant negative relationship with share prices due to its effect on purchasing power. The study concluded that the four macroeconomic variables combined had strong positive and significant relationship with share prices. The macroeconomic variables accounted for 86.97% of changes in share prices. The study recommended that capital markets regulators and other government regulatory bodies should promote a stable macroeconomic environment in the country for optimal performance of shares and stock market at large.
Empirical Analysis of Fiscal Dominance and the Conduct of Monetary Policy in ...AJHSSR Journal
The study empirically investigates fiscal dominance and the conduct of monetary policy in
Nigeria, using quarterly data from 1986Q1 to 2016Q4. It adopts the vector error correction mechanism (VECM)
and cointegration technique to analyze the data and make inference. The findings reveal that there is no
evidence of fiscal dominance in Nigeria. The empirical results show that budget deficit, domestic debt and
money supply have no significant influence on the average price level. However, budget deficit and domestic
debt are shown to have significant influence on money supply, but only in the short-run. The policy implication
is that the government should enforce fiscal discipline through the appropriate institution and the Central Bank
should be given autonomy to perform the primary function of long-term price stability, among other functions.
The Effect of Money Supply on InflationHuongHoang70
A study of how money supply affects inflation. The results show that a higher quantity of money supply is not always a cause of inflation.
Multiple linear regression and the GLS method were applied with the use of #Stata software for this research.
However, some additional modifications are needed to improve the model's goodness of fit and more endogenous factors should be added.
Future study might be: Would stimulus packages cause stagflation?
INFLATION, INTEREST RATE AND EXCHANGE RATE IN NIGERIA: AN EXAMINATION OF THE ...AJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT: This study examined the linkages among inflation, interest rate and exchange rate along with
money supply and GDP with the aim of showing how the interactions among variables should influence
monetary policy decisions in Nigeria using quarterly data from 2010 to 2018. The relationship among variables
was captured in a Vector Autoregressive (VAR) model. Co integration test was used to examine the long run
relationship among variables and consequently the estimates of a Vector Error Correction (VEC) model was
used to examine the short run relationship among variables. In our findingsexchange rate is indicated as the
most important monetary policy variable because it has a significant link with all variables in the model. The
findings show that price stability and economic growth could be achieve through effective exchange rate and
interest rate policies. It is recommended that the monetary authority should continue to intervene in the foreign
exchange market to stabilize exchange rate because as shown in this study, exchange rate in Nigeria has
significant links with inflation, interest rate, money supply and GDP; and increase in money supply to boost
domestic production by givinglow cost credit to firms that make use of more domestic inputs in production to
ensure that the increase in money supply does not lead to increase in import.
QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR ECONOMY CLASSIFICATION BASED ON DATA MINING TECHNIQUESIJDKP
Researchers in the quality assurance field used traditional techniques for increasing the organization income and take the most suitable decisions. Today they focus and search for a new intelligent techniques in order to enhance the quality of their decisions. This paper based on applying the most robust trend in computer science field which is data mining in the quality assurance field. The cases study which is discussed in this paper based on detecting and predicting the developed and developing countries based on the indicators. This paper uses three different artificial intelligent techniques namely; Artificial Neural Network (ANN), k-Nearest Neighbor (KNN), and Fuzzy k-Nearest Neighbor (FKNN). The main target of this paper is to merge between the last intelligent techniques applied in the computer science with the quality assurance approaches. The experimental result shows that proposed approaches in this paper achieved the highest accuracy score than the other comparative studies as indicates in the experimental result section.
The Effect of Money Supply on InflationHuongHoang70
A study of how money supply affects inflation. The results show that a higher quantity of money supply is not always a cause of inflation.
Multiple linear regression and the GLS method were applied with the use of #Stata software for this research.
However, some additional modifications are needed to improve the model's goodness of fit and more endogenous factors should be added.
Future study might be: Would stimulus packages cause stagflation?
INFLATION, INTEREST RATE AND EXCHANGE RATE IN NIGERIA: AN EXAMINATION OF THE ...AJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT: This study examined the linkages among inflation, interest rate and exchange rate along with
money supply and GDP with the aim of showing how the interactions among variables should influence
monetary policy decisions in Nigeria using quarterly data from 2010 to 2018. The relationship among variables
was captured in a Vector Autoregressive (VAR) model. Co integration test was used to examine the long run
relationship among variables and consequently the estimates of a Vector Error Correction (VEC) model was
used to examine the short run relationship among variables. In our findingsexchange rate is indicated as the
most important monetary policy variable because it has a significant link with all variables in the model. The
findings show that price stability and economic growth could be achieve through effective exchange rate and
interest rate policies. It is recommended that the monetary authority should continue to intervene in the foreign
exchange market to stabilize exchange rate because as shown in this study, exchange rate in Nigeria has
significant links with inflation, interest rate, money supply and GDP; and increase in money supply to boost
domestic production by givinglow cost credit to firms that make use of more domestic inputs in production to
ensure that the increase in money supply does not lead to increase in import.
QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR ECONOMY CLASSIFICATION BASED ON DATA MINING TECHNIQUESIJDKP
Researchers in the quality assurance field used traditional techniques for increasing the organization income and take the most suitable decisions. Today they focus and search for a new intelligent techniques in order to enhance the quality of their decisions. This paper based on applying the most robust trend in computer science field which is data mining in the quality assurance field. The cases study which is discussed in this paper based on detecting and predicting the developed and developing countries based on the indicators. This paper uses three different artificial intelligent techniques namely; Artificial Neural Network (ANN), k-Nearest Neighbor (KNN), and Fuzzy k-Nearest Neighbor (FKNN). The main target of this paper is to merge between the last intelligent techniques applied in the computer science with the quality assurance approaches. The experimental result shows that proposed approaches in this paper achieved the highest accuracy score than the other comparative studies as indicates in the experimental result section.
CAPITAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT AND INFLATION IN NIGERIAAJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT :This study examined the impact of inflation and capital market development in Nigeria. The
ultimate objective of the study is centered on an empirical investigation of inflation and its impact on the growth
of the Nigerian capital market, and also the trend of inflation and capital market development in Nigeria. In
order to achieve these objectives, the study used tables and graphs to examine the trend of inflation and capital
market development in Nigeria. Augmented Dickey Fuller unit root test was used to check the behavior of data,
and the ARDL bound test was used to check if variables are cointegrated. Post estimation test which includes
the serial correlation, heteroskedasticity and the histogram normality test was also conducted. Data were
collected from secondary sources, such as central bank of Nigeria statistical bulletin and the world development
indicator. The unit root test revealed that the financial sector, financial intermediaries and interest rate were
stationary at levels but exchange rate, inflation, government spending and trade openness became stationary
after the first difference. Empirical findings confirmed that there is a statistically significant long- and short-run
negative effect of inflation on capital market development. On the contrary, economic growth has a statistically
significant long- and short-run positive impact on capital market performance. In addition, results confirmed
that there is positive support of the previous financial sector policies on capital market performance in the
current period.
Effect of Government Policies on Price Stability in Nigeriaijtsrd
This study examined the effect of monetary and fiscal policies on price stability in Nigeria using a data rich framework spanning from 1986 2020. The main problem with the macro economic policies that prompted this study was the fact that despite the series of the CBN Monetary Policy Committee decisions and government tax and expenditure implementation there is apparently no useful effect on inflation price . The study employed Auto regression Distributed Lag ARDL Bound Test for Co integration of data analysis depending upon the time series properties of the data that confer mixed order of integration in addition to the conduct of the unit root test and Error Correction Model ECM estimation. The ADF test revealed that LNCPI, EXR, GSDMD, GEXP, GTX and M2 were stationary at 1 1 while RIR, MPR and BOP at 1 0 . Pesaran, Shin and Smith 2001 established that the ARDL bounds technique allows a mixture of 1 1 and 1 0 variables as regressors. Hence, we proceed to perform the ARDL bounds test for integration. The results of the ARDL bounds revealed that the null hypotheses were all rejected implying that a long run effect exists among monetary and fiscal policies variables and CPI in a multivariate framework. ECM coefficient of 0.2942 conforms with expectation. Durbin Watson statistic 0f 1 9925 revealed that the model seems not to have any case of autocorrelation. The result of our analysis shows that fiscal policy rather than monetary policy exerts a more potent effect on price stability in Nigeria. The study recommends that both monetary and fiscal policies should be complementary in order to be effective in taming inflation in Nigeria. Onehi, Damian Haruna | Ibenta, Steve Nkem | Adigwe, Patrick, K. | Emejulu, Ikenna Justin "Effect of Government Policies on Price Stability in Nigeria" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-1 , February 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd52766.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/accounting-and-finance/52766/effect-of-government-policies-on-price-stability-in-nigeria/onehi-damian-haruna
Savings-Growth-Inflation nexus in Asia: Panel Data Approachiosrjce
The present study examines the savings-growth-inflation nexus in Asia through panel data approach
for the period 1981 to 2011. The inter-relationship between saving and economic growth is found to be
significant and unidirectional running from saving to economic growth. Economic growth negatively and
significantly affects inflation but inflation positively and significantly affects saving which supports Deaton’s
hypothesis. The variables such as saving, trade openness and population growth are found to be significant
determinants economic growth. Except GDP, variables such as real interest rate, inflation, dependency ratio
and literacy rate are found to be significant determinants of saving rate. Similarly, variables such as money
supply, growth rate and real interest rate are found to be the major determinants of inflation. No country
specific effects has been found for explaining growth rate of per capita real GDP but in case of saving rate and
inflation rate, many countries exhibit individual effects which are modeled as fixed effects in the panel data
framework. As contrary to the time invariant country fixed effects, there is no consistent country invariant year
fixed effect on real GDP per capita growth rate and saving rate, while there is highly significant negative effect
on inflation. As saving affects GDP per capita growth positively and significantly, policies should be framed in
such a way that encourage savings in Asian economies which in turn may lead sustained higher GDP per capita
growth.
Abstract: The theoretical relationship of the long-run equilibrium between real exchange rates and interest rate differentials is essentially derived from the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) and the uncovered interest parity. However, empirical evidence on this long-run relationship has rather been inconclusive. While several authors are able to establish the long-run relationship between real exchange rates and interest rate differentials other could not found this relationship. The reason for lack of relationship in some of the studies is as a result of omitted variables (Meese and Rogoff, 1988). Therefore, attempt is made in this study to evaluate this relationship between real exchange rate and interest rate differential for the case of Nigeria by controlling for foreign exchange reserves. The paper uses monthly data for the period 1993:1-2012:12 and applies Autoregressive Distributed Lags (ARDL) model. The estimates suggest the existence of long-run relationship between real exchange rate, interest rate differential and foreign exchange reserves. In the long run, the exchange rate coefficient has a positive effect on the foreign reserves. However, the effect of interest rate differential is negative and statistically significant. On the short run dynamics, the finding indicates a non-monotonic relationship between real exchange rate, interest rate differential and foreign exchange reserves. The out-of-sample forecast indicates a better forecast using ARMA model as all Theil coefficients are close zero for all the horizons used in the model.
The theoretical relationship of the long-run equilibrium between real exchange rates and interest rate differentials is essentially derived from the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) and the uncovered interest parity. However, empirical evidence on this long-run relationship has rather been inconclusive. While several authors are able to establish the long-run relationship between real exchange rates and interest rate differentials other could not found this relationship. The reason for lack of relationship in some of the studies is as a result of omitted variables (Meese and Rogoff, 1988). Therefore, attempt is made in this study to evaluate this relationship between real exchange rate and interest rate differential for the case of Nigeria by controlling for foreign exchange reserves. The paper uses monthly data for the period 1993:1-2012:12 and applies Autoregressive Distributed Lags (ARDL) model. The estimates suggest the existence of long-run relationship between real exchange rate, interest rate differential and foreign exchange reserves. In the long run, the exchange rate coefficient has a positive effect on the foreign reserves. However, the effect of interest rate differential is negative and statistically significant. On the short run dynamics, the finding indicates a non-monotonic relationship between real exchange rate, interest rate differential and foreign exchange reserves. The out-of-sample forecast indicates a better forecast using ARMA model as all Theil coefficients are close zero for all the horizons used in the model.
This paper analysed the forecasting ability of yield-curve as a predictor of the short-run fluctuations in economic activities in Namibia. The study employed the techniques of unit root, cointegration, impulse response functions and forecast error variance decomposition on the quarterly data covering the period 1996 to 2015. The results revealed a negative relationship between the term structure of interest rates and economic activities, though statistically insignificant. This suggests that the yield-curve has no forecasting ability as a predictor of economic activity in Namibia.
This paper studies the causal relationship between inflation and economic growth in Qatar for the period of 1980 to 2016. A time series analysis of unit roots tests, Johansen cointegration method and Granger causality tests were applied on data. The variables were found to be cointegrated, hence a long run-relationship between them exists. Granger causality test found causality runs from inflation to economic growth.
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Testing for fisher’s hypothesis in nigeria (1970 2012)
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Testing for Fisher’s Hypothesis in Nigeria (1970-2012)
BigBen Chukwuma Ogbonna
Department of Economics, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki. Nigeria
Email:bigbenogbonna@yahoo.com
Abstract
This paper has examined the causal link between interest rates and inflation in Nigeria using quarterly data on
Nigeria for the periods of 1970 – 2012. Maximum likelihood method of co-integration, suggested by Johansen
(1988, 1991) and Granger causality in ADL models with p and q lags suggested by Koop (2005) are
implemented to determine the number of co-integrating vectors and verify the nature and direction of causality
between interest rates and inflation in Nigeria respectively. The co-integration results show that the null
hypothesis of no significant long-run stable relationship between interest and inflation rates cannot be rejected
for Nigeria and that Fisher hypothesis which supports the view that nominal interest rates consist of two
components of the “real” rate of interest (to which investments respond) plus a premium based on expected
change in the price level, is violated for Nigeria in the long-run. The ADL models were used to investigate the
causal link between interest rates and inflation in the short-run. The results indicate non existence of a significant
causal link from interest rates to inflation in the short run, suggesting that interest rates may be considered
exogenous in inflation modeling in Nigeria. Furthermore, the results identified existence of a significant causal
link from inflation to interest rates in the short-run. In effect, Fisher’s hypothesis that nominal interest rates
consist of two components of the “real” rate of interest plus a premium based on expected change in the price
level is verified for Nigeria in the short-run. This finding supports that, in the short-run, market participants
incorporate a predictable portion of the inflation rate into the nominal interest rate in Nigeria.
Keywords: co-integration, Causality, Inflation, Nominal Interest Rate.
1. Introduction
Interest rates directly affect the credit market (loans) because higher interest rates make borrowing more costly.
By changing interest rates, the monetary authority tries to achieve maximum employment, stable prices and a
good level of economic growth. As interest rates drop, consumer spending increases and this in turn stimulates
economic growth. Contrary to popular belief, excessive economic growth can in fact be very harmful. At one
extreme, an economy that is growing too fast can experience hyperinflation, resulting in the problems of great
decline in time value of money (TVM). At the other extreme, an economy with no inflation has essentially
stagnated. The right level of economic growth, and thus inflation, is somewhere in the middle. It's the monetary
authority’s responsibility to maintain that delicate balance. A tightening, or rate increase, attempts to head off
future inflation. An easing, or rate decrease, aims to spur on economic growth. Interest rates and price changes
are very important variables in any macroeconomy that are often monitored by economists and policy makers
(Ekrem & Aykut, 2006). Although the definitions of interest rates differ to include real interest rates, nominal
interest rates, deposit rates, and money market rates, many studies try to define the interaction between interest
rates and the inflation (Dilek, Elcin & Oya, 2012). While few of the studies are predicated on the proposition that
interest rates cause inflation (see: Ekrem & Aykut, 2006, Kandil, 2005, Mansour & Ruhollah, 2007), majority of
the studies investigated the Fisher effect hypothesis (see: Nernard & Santos, 2012, Johnson, 2006, Nwafor,
Nwakanma & Thompson, 2007, Santos & Chris, 2013, Berument & Jelassi, 2002, Fahmmy & kandil, 2002).
This study is intended to add to the few studies predicated on the proposition that interest rates cause inflation.
The basic reason for adopting price stability as the primary object of monetary policy is to create a stable and
non-inflationary environment for resource allocation and stabilize price expectations. The essence of this cannot
be over emphasized as maintaining low inflation is seen as a necessary part of an effective anti- poverty strategy
(Ekrem & Aykut, 2006). For many years money has been a central issue in monetary policy decisions. However,
with the growing instability of money demand functions, particularly in developing economies, targeting
monetary aggregates becomes less and less fashionable. In response, monetary authorities move from targeting
the money supply towards controlling nominal interest rates at the money market (Brzoza-Brzezina, 1999).
Nigeria as a developing economy has been characterized by persistent inflation and interest rates innovations in
response to varying economic policies and policy reversals tended towards achieving internal and external
equilibrium (balances) for the domestic economy. These range from protectionism and excessive government
control of economic activity to movement towards free market economy. All these were tended towards
sustained economic growth and development and a healthy internal and external balance in the medium term.
Internal balance means the level of economic activity consistent with the satisfactory control of inflation
(Williamson, 1982), while external balance means balance of payments equilibrium or sustainable current
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account deficit financed on a lasting basis by expected capital inflow (Komolafe, 1996). Nigeria has experienced
high and unpredictable inflation and interest rates over the past 43 years as scheduled below.
Table 1: Schedule of Interest and Inflation rates at 5 years intervals for the period under Review.
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2012
7(13.75) 6.3(34)
8.4(10) 9.4(7.4) 25(7.4)
20.2(73) 21.2(6.9) 17.9(17.9 17.9(13.7) 16.5(12)
Note: The figures in bracket are the average inflation rates for the respective years.
The primary objective of most of the world’s central banks these days is to keep inflation low, and the range of
inflation rates banks find acceptable appears to be around 2.5 percent to 3.5 percent (David, 2003). Various
stabilization policies aimed at reducing inflation rates to an acceptable level over the past four decades appear
not to be yielding the much desired results. It is on the strength of the above observation that this study intends to
investigate the short term and long-run causal relationship between nominal interest rates and the rate of inflation
dynamics for Nigeria, over the period of 1970 – 2012 using quarterly data. In effect, this study hypothesizes that
the rate of interest is the cause of inflation in Nigeria. The study employs money deposit banks lending interest
rates and inflation rates for the period under review in investigation of the hypothesis.The remaining part of this
paper is structured as follows: In section 2, brief review of related literature is presented; section 3 presents Data
and Econometric methodology; section 4, empirical results and section 5, the concluding remarks.
2. Review of Related Literature
2.1 Theoretical Underpinning
Interest rate – Inflation relation is predicated on the Irving Fisher proposition. Fisher (1930) in his work, “The
Theory of Interest” amongst others, observed that interest rates and inflation level trend in the same direction,
and that inflation causes interest rates. According to fisher, nominal interest rates consist of two components the “real” rate of interest, to which real saving and investment respond, and a premium based on expected
change in the price level (William & Denis, 1969). Fama (1975) observed that in line with Fisher’s initial work,
the findings to a large extent indicate no significant link between interest rates observed at a point in time and
rates of inflation subsequently observed but rather a greater proportion of the findings revealed significant
correlations between current interest rates and past rates of inflation in support of Fisher’s hypothesis.
For other studies that their findings indicate support for Fisher’s proposition, see Weil (1970), Durand (1942),
Sargent (1969), Yobe & Karnosky (1969), Feldstein & Eckstein (1970), Tuttle & Wilbur (1971), Million (2003),
Gibson (1970) amongst others. Other studies documented no significant relationship between interest rates and
inflation rates in support of the classical doctrines, that interest rates is determined by “real” factors of
productivity and thrift which impinge on the market for loanable funds, while the price level is determined
primarily by money supply, as prescribed by the quantity-of-money theory of price (Sargent, 1971). Such studies
include Barsky (1987), Huizinga & Mishkin (1986), Ghazali (2003), Meiselman (1963) and Ball (1965). Further
divergent view on the relationship between Inflation and interest is that expressed by Keynes (1930). He used
United States, England and other country data to illustrate that over a long time horizon, interest rates are
highly correlated with the aggregate level of commodity prices. This finding which Keynes denotes as Gibson
paradox, is an economic observation made by J. M. Keynes during the period of the gold standard that there is a
correlation between interest rates and the general price level. Keynes' finding, which he discusses in "A Treatise
on Money" (1930), is a paradox, because it contradicts the view generally expressed by economists at the time,
which states that interest rates were correlated to the rate of inflation.
We can apply the existing macroeconomic theories to study the relationship between interest rate and inflation
rate. To this effect, the transmission mechanisms exploring the causal relationship from inflation to interest rates,
according to macroeconomic literature, suggests that any increase in the price level, brings about a decrease in
the real money supply. In Keynesian framework of analysis, decrease in real money balance means
disequilibrium in the economic system. To maintain same level of consumption and liquidity, consumers offer
bonds for sale thus increasing the supply of bonds. The benchmark result is a drop in the price of bonds and
higher interest rate. In effect, there is a positive causal relationship from inflation rate to nominal interest rate.
Then on the other hand, the transmission mechanisms exploring the causal link from interest rates to inflation
can be decomposed into cost- push and demand- pull channels. For the cost-push channel, an increase in interest
rates results in increase in the user cost of capital (William, 1979), this results in higher production costs which is
transferred to the consumers through higher prices. By extension, demand for loanable funds will decline,
resulting in drop in investment and output and hence shifting the supply curve to the left to fix higher consumer
prices. In the same vein, an increase in interest rates causes inflation through increase in the volume of money
supply. In the endogenous money models which money supply is a function of interest rate, the money supply is
increased when interest rate goes up (Asgharpur, Kohnehshahri & Karami, 2007). Now if individuals perceive
the increase in real money supply as increase in their wealth, this will cause increase in consumption expenditure
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(Smal & de Jager, 2001), leading to increase in demand beyond supply at least in the short run. The excess
demand leads to increase in the prices of goods and services.
2.2 Empirical Review
A Plethora of empirical studies have examined the relationship between interest rates and inflation and thus have
revealed wide ranging economic policy implications. Although many studies have been conducted in
investigation of the relationship between interest rates and inflation, consensus is yet be established as to the
nature of the link between nominal interest rates and the rate of inflation.
Al-Khazali (1999) used vector auto-regression (VAR), integration, and cointegration models to investigate the
causal relations, dynamic interaction, and a common trend between interest rates and inflation in nine countries
in the Pacific-Basin. The results suggest that for all countries, short and long term interest rates and the spread
between the long-term interest rates and inflation are non-stationary I (1) processes. The nominal interest rates
and inflation are not co-integrated. In addition to this study’s inability to find a unidirectional causality between
inflation and interest rates, when the VAR model is used, it also fails to find a consistent positive response either
of inflation to shocks in interest rates or of interest rates to shocks in inflation in most of the countries studied.
The VAR model yielded results consistent with the co integration tests’ results, which suggest that nominal
interest rates are poor predictors for future inflation in the Pacific-Basin countries.
Booth & Ciner (1999) examines the long-run bivariate relationship between the short-term Eurocurrency interest
rate and the inflation rate for nine European countries and the US using cointegration methods. Result reveals
that in the majority of cases, there is a one-to-one relationship between Eurocurrency rates and rationally
expected inflation. Likewise, the 1-month Eurocurrency rate contains information about the future path of the
inflation rate. This finding supports the belief that market participants incorporate a predictable portion of the
inflation rate into the nominal interest rate.
In the same vein, Alimi & Ofonyelu (2013) investigate the relationship between expected inflation and nominal
interest rates in Nigeria and the extent to which the Fisher effect hypothesis holds, for the period 1970-2011.
They made attempt to advance the field by testing the traditional closed-economy Fisher hypothesis and an
augmented Fisher hypothesis by incorporating the foreign interest rate and nominal effective exchange rate
variables in the context of a small open developing economy, like Nigeria. They employed Johansen
cointegration approach, error correction model and the Toda and Yamamoto (1995) causality testing methods
and the results found: (i) that money market interest rates and expected inflation move together in the long run
but not on one-to-one basis. This indicates that full Fisher hypothesis does not hold but there is a strong Fisher
effect in the case of Nigeria over the period under study (ii) consistency with the international Fisher hypothesis,
these domestic variables have a long run relationship with the international variables (iii) that in the closedeconomy context, the causality run strictly from expected inflation to nominal interest rates as suggested by the
Fisher hypothesis and there is no “reverse causation.” But in the open economy context, the expected inflation
and international variables contain the information that predict the nominal interest rate (iv) finally that only
about 22 percent of the disequilibrium between long term and short term interest rate is corrected within the year.
Still on Nigeria, Alimi & Awomuse (2012) using Johansen cointegration approach and error correction model,
investigate the relationship between expected inflation and nominal interest rates in Nigeria and the extent to
which the Fisher effect hypothesis holds, for the period of 1970 – 2009. They asserted that real interest rate is
obtained by subtracting the expected inflation rate from the nominal interest rate, and for the Fisher hypothesis to
hold, the resultant ex ante real interest rate should be stationary. The empirical results tend to suggest that: (i) the
real interest rates are stationary. (ii) the nominal interest rates and expected inflation move together in the long
run but not on one-to-one basis. This indicates that full Fisher hypothesis does not hold but there is a very strong
Fisher effect in the case of Nigeria over the period under study (iii) causality run strictly from expected inflation
to nominal interest rates as suggested by the Fisher hypothesis and there is no “reverse causation” (iv) only about
16 percent of the disequilibrium between long term and short term interest rate is corrected with the year. They
observed that the policy implication, based on the partial Fisher effect in Nigeria, is that the level of actual
inflation should become the central target variable of the monetary policy.
Nezhad & Zarea (2007) with regards to the importance of the rates of interest and inflation in economy
investigated the Granger causality relationship between the rates of interest and inflation in Iran’s economy.
They employed Toda and Yamamoto’s Granger test of causality as well as ARDL approach to test the
hypothesis that the rate of interest is the Granger cause of the rate of inflation using Iran’s data for the period of
1959-2002. The results show that in Iran’s economy, the rate of (official and non-official) interest is the cause
of inflation and not vice versa. This has been confirmed by both of these approaches and can be taken into
consideration in Islamic banking.
Berument & Jelassi (2002) tested for Fisher hypothesis using sample data from 26 countries by assessing the
long run relationship between nominal interest rates and inflation rates taking into consideration the short run
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dynamics of interest rates. The empirical evidence supports the hypothesis that there is a one-to-one relationship
between the interest rate and inflation for more than half of the countries under study.
Gul & Ekinci (2006) empirically analyzed the relationship between nominal interest rates and inflation using
high-frequency data of nominal interest rates and inflation of Turkey. With time-series techniques, the study
provides evidence that a long-run relationship exists between nominal interest rates and inflation in the case of
Turkey. However, the results further indicate that causal relationship occur only in one direction from interest
rates to inflation for the economy under consideration.
Malliaris, Mullady & Malliaris (1991) investigate the theoretical foundation of Fisher’s equation which
expresses the nominal interest rates as the sum of real interest rates and the expected inflation. To emphasize
Fisher’s (1930) original formulation and Sargent’s (1973) recent suggestion that nominal interest rates and
inflation are simultaneously determined rather than having the causation go from inflation to interest rate, they
developed a two-equation continuous time stochastic model to build a more solid theoretical foundation of
Fisher’s equation. With the assumption that the nominal interest rate and the rate inflation follow Itô process,
they derive an Itô equation that allows them to express and compute the expected real interest rate and its
volatility. These two equations generalized the traditional Fisher equation and an illustration using US long data
from 1865 – 1972 shows the usefulness of their results.
3. Methodology
In this section we try to empirically assess the causal relationship between interest rates and inflation putting
Nigerian macroeconomic environment in perspective. The time-series data set used for this analysis covers the
quarterly data on Nigeria for the 1970Q1-2012Q4 periods and sourced from IMF-IFS On-Line, 2013.The study
is set to ascertain the existence of such a relationship by implementing the following three-step procedure: 1.
Determine the order of integration for the two variables of interest using tests developed by Dickey and Fuller
(1979) and Philips and Perron (1988). 2. If both variables exhibit the same order of integration, a maximum
likelihood method of co-integration, suggested by Johansen (1988, 1991 & 1995), will be applied in order to
determine the number of co-integrating vectors. In the event of one or more co-integrating vectors being
identified, then an error correction model is specified to correct any evidence of short-run disequilibrium within
any quarter. 3. To verify whether causality runs from interest rates to inflation or vice versa, Granger causality in
an ADL model with p and q lags suggested by Koop (2005) is implemented.
3.1 Model Specification
Fisher effect hypothesis mainly states that there is a positive and significant relationship between interest rates
and inflation with the effect flowing from inflation to interest rates. However, this is not the only theoretically
possible relationship between interest rates and inflation. At the other extreme are some studies which
documented no significant relationship between interest rates and inflation rates in support of the classical
doctrines. Instances of such studies include Ghazali (2003), Meiselman (1963) and Ball (1965). Further evidence
of inconsistencies trailing Fisher’s hypothesis is the scenario which Keynes (1930) referred to as “Gibson
Paradox”, which suggests that over a long time horizon, interest rates are highly correlated with the aggregate
level of commodity prices, rather than rate of price changes (inflation), a view contra to Fisher effect. In the light
of the above, this study investigates the nature of the causal relationship between interest rates dynamics and
inflation rates in Nigeria for the periods 1970 – 2012, using bi-variate (ADL) models based on co–integration
analysis and the error correction modeling (ECM) strategy. This enables the study to evaluate the nature of
causal link between interest rates and inflation in both long and short-run frameworks.
The basic model expressing inflation (x) as function interest rates (y) is of the form:
Xt = f (Yt)
(1)
The functional notation linearized would yield:
Xt = α0 + α1Yt + et
(2)
All variables are expressed in percentages as fetched from IFS-IMF On-Line for Nigeria over the period of 1970
– 2012.To investigate the causal relationship between interest rates dynamics and inflation rates in Nigeria for
the periods under review, we implement simple ADL models with p and q lags suggested by Koop (2005), using
multiple equation model as follows:
Xt = α + γ1Xt-1 + … + γpXt-p + β1Yt-1 … βqYt-q + ℮1t
(3)
Yt = α + β2Yt-1 + … + βqYt-q + γ2Xt-1 … γpXt-p + ℮2t
(4)
This multiple modeling approach has become very necessary since in many cases, it is not obvious which way
causality could run. In the same vein, Sargent (1971) explained that it is inadequate to hypothesize a one-way
influence running from inflation to interest rates or vice versa in explaining Gibson Paradox, but instead within
the context of bi-variate models, it is necessary to view interest rate and inflation as being mutually determined,
hence should exhibit bi-directional relationship.
The decision rules to guide the interpretation of the results of testing the null hypothesis that β1 =,…,=βq = 0 and
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γ2 =,…,=γp = 0 are as follows:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Using the 5% significance level for equation 3, if all or any of the P-values for the coefficients β1 ,…, βq
were less than 0.05, we reject the null hypothesis of no causality and conclude that inflation (X) granger
cause interest rates (Y).
Using the same level of significance for equation 4, if all or any of the P-values for the coefficients γ2
,…, γp is less than 0.05, we reject the null hypothesis of no causality and conclude that interest rates (Y)
granger cause inflation (X).
If none of the P-vaues is less than 0.05, then we would conclude that Granger causality is absent.
If β1 =…=βq ≠ 0 and γ2 =…=γp ≠ 0 suggest that significant bi-directional causal links between interest
rates and inflation are identified.
4. Empirical Results
4.1 Summary Statistic of Employed Variables
This is intended to provide the preliminary test on the observed economic variables to enable us express opinion
on the nature of innovations in each of the employed data series through visual observations. The data on
LENDRATE and INFRATE for the period of 1970Q1– 2012Q4 for Nigeria are presented in figure 1 expressing
developments in interest and inflation rates within the period under review.
Figure 1: Developments in Interestrates and Inflation
100
80
60
40
20
0
-20
70
75
80
85
90
INFRATE
95
00
05
10
LENDRATE
From visial observation of developments in interest rates and inflation as in figure 1 above, it appears that
interest rates and inflation may not be cointegrated as they show no evidence of the duo trending together in the
same direction over a reasonable period of time. Also a critical look at the figure, suggests that developments in
interest rates indicate much more stabilty (may be due to the constant regulations by the financial authorities)
than inflation rates which are seen to exhibit a very high level of volatility excepting for early 70s and about
2008 to the end of the period under review.
4.2 Unit Root Tests
An implicit assumptions that underlie regression analysis involving time series data is that such a data series is
stationary (Gujarati, 1995). In this context, testing for stationary or otherwise of the employed data sets becomes
of essence in this analysis.
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Table2: Unit Root Test Results
Variables
lendrate
infrate
Level/First
Diff.
Level
First Diff.
Level
First Diff.
Intercept
-1.784
-13.122
-3.504
-5.996
ADF
Trend/Intercept
-1.944
-13.109
-3.507
-5.981
Intercept
-1.798
-13.122
-3.288
-6.918
PP
Trend/Intercept
-1.999
-13.109
-3.293
-6.885
Conclusion
1(1)
1(0)
1(0)
1(0)
Notes: (i) Unit root tests performed using Eview 6.0
(ii) 95% critical value ADF/PP statistic (with intercept) = -2.878
(iii) 95% critical value ADF/PP statistic (with trend & intercept) =3.437
The results of ADF and PP as presented in tables 2 above show that at 95% level of significance, only INFRATE
is found to be stationary at level, while the LENDRATE assumed stationary in its first difference. This suggests
that all the employed variables for estimation of the equations are quiet suitable for purposes intended after one
period lag.
4.3 Tests for Co-integration
With the manifestation of unit root 1(1) by variables of interest, which is a precondition for the existence of a
stable linear steady-state relationship, we employ Johansen and Juselius Trace and maximum eigenvalue tests for
co-integrating vectors between the explained and the explanatory variables in equation 2 with a view to
determining the number of co-integrating equations. The concept of co-integration was first instigated by
Granger (1981) and modified by Engle and Granger (1987), Johansen (1988) and Johansen and Juselius (1990),
amongst others. Johansen and Juselius (1990) Trace test procedure is based on the comparison of Ho (r = o)
against the alternative H1 (r ≠ o), where r indicates the number of co integrating vectors. The co integration test
provides an analytical statistical framework for ascertaining the long run relationship between economic
variables and the result of the trace test depends on the lag length of the vector error correction model (Maylene
and Agbola, n.d.)
Table 3: Unrestricted Cointegration Rank Test (Trace)
Hypothesized No. of Eigenvalue
Trace Statistic
0.05 Critical value
Prob**
CE(s)
None
0.061
14.351
15.494
0.074
At most 1
0.022
3.768
3.8414
0.052
Notes: (i) Cointegration tests performed using Eview 6.0
(ii) Trace test indicates no cointegration at the 0.05 level
(iii) * denotes rejection of the hypothesis at the 0.05 level
Table 4: Unrestricted Cointegration Rank Test (Maximum Eigenvalue)
Hypothesized No. Eigenvalue
Trace Statistic
0.05 Critical value
of CE(s)
None
0.061
10.581
14.264
At most 1
0.022
3.768
3.8414
Prob**
0.176
0.052
Notes: (i) Cointegration tests performed using Eview 6.0
(ii) Trace test indicates no cointegration at the 0.05 level
(iii) * denotes rejection of the hypothesis at the 0.05 level
The results of the co integration test (Trace) and (maximum Eigenvalue) interest rates and inflation for Nigeria
suggest that the null hypothesis of no co integration Ho (r= o) cannot be rejected for the economy, as they
indicate no co integrating equation between the variables of the model. This suggests that for Nigeria, there is no
long run steady-state relationship between interest rates and inflation in the expressed equation 2. The model
yielded results consistent with the features of summary statistic in figure 1 which suggests that, in the long-run,
nominal interest rates are poor predictors for future inflation in Nigeria. While these results are in conformity
with the finding of Al-Kahazali, (1999) for the 9 pacific-basin; they contradict the results of Alimi & Ofonyelu,
(2013, Alimi & Awomuse, (2012) for Nigeria, Gul & Ekinci (2006) for Turkey and Berument and Jelassi (2002)
for 26 countries.
4.4 VAR Test for Short –Run Granger Causality
With the evidence of no co-integration, we evaluate equation 3 for only short-run granger none causalities since
the results of the co-integration test on Nigeria data identified no co integrating vectors between the explained
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and explanatory variables. The results of the ADL models estimations to investigate the extent to which interest
rates cause inflation in the short run are as presented in tables 3 &4 below:
Table 4: Vector Autoregressive Estimates (Equation 3)
Regressors
Parameter Estimate
T-Ratio
P-Values
Intercept
1.206
1.063
0.257
infrate-1
1.415
21.468
0.000
infrate-2
-0.533
-8.062
0.000
lendrate-1
0.147
0.547
0.584
lendrate-2
-0.075
-0.283
0.776
Notes: R2 = 0.901, Adj. R2 = 0.899, DW. Statistic = 2.04
For equation 3 (VAR), the Results of the estimation as shown in table 4 indicate that β1 = β2 = 0. The values of
the parameter estimates (coefficients) of β1, and β2 are 0.147 (0.584) and -0.075 (0.776) respectively with the
figures in brackets indicating their respective P-Values. These results indicate that the value of the coefficient of
β1 and β2 of 0.0147 and -0.075 are both not statistically different from zero even at 10% level of significance
judging from their respective P-Values. These results suggest non existence of a significant causal link from
interest rates to inflation in the short run, indicating that interest rates may be considered exogenous in inflation
modeling in Nigeria. In effect, the null hypothesis that, β1 = β2 = 0 cannot be rejected for Nigeria in the short run.
Table 5: Vector Autoregressive Estimates (Equation 4)
Regressors
Parameter Estimate
T-Ratio
P-Values
Intercept
0.492
1.599
0.111
lendrate-1
0.009
0.514
0.607
lendrate-2
-0.003
-0.165
0.868
infrate-1
0.963
12.367
0.000
infrate-2
-0.000
-0.007
0.994
Notes: Notes:
R2 = 0.944, Adj. R2 = 0.943, DW. Statistic = 2.00
For equation 4, the Results of the estimation as shown in table 5 above indicate that γ1 = γ2 ≠ 0. The values of the
parameter estimates of γ1 and γ2 for infrate-1 and infrate-2 respectively are 0.963 (0.000) and -0.000 (0.994)
respectively with the figures in brackets indicating their respective P-Values. These results indicate that the value
of the coefficient of γ1 of 0.963 is statistically different from zero even at 1% level of significance. This suggests
that the null hypothesis that, γ1 = γ2 =0 is violated. The results suggest the existence of a significant causal link
from inflation to interest rates in the short-run. In effect, for Nigeria, Fisher’s hypothesis that nominal interest
rates consist of two components of the “real” rate of interest plus a premium based on expected change in the
price level is verified in the short-run.
5.
Concluding Remarks.
This paper has examined the causal link between interest rates and inflation in Nigeria using quarterly data on
Nigeria for the periods of 1970 – 2012. Maximum likelihood method of co-integration, suggested by Johansen
(1988, 1991) and Granger causality in an ADL model with p and q lags suggested by Koop (2005) are
implemented to determine the number of co-integrating vectors and verify the nature and direction of causality
between interest rates and inflation in Nigeria respectively. The co-integration results show that the null
hypothesis of no significant long-run stable relationship between interest and inflation rates cannot be rejected
for Nigeria and that Fisher hypothesis which supports the view that nominal interest rates consist of two
components of the “real” rate of interest (to which investments respond) plus a premium based on expected
change in the price level, is violated for Nigeria in the long-run. This finding supports the belief that market
participants incorporate a predictable portion of the inflation rate into the nominal interest rate. The ARDL
models were used to investigate the causal link between interest rates and inflation in the short-run. The results
indicate non existence of a significant causal link from interest rates to inflation in the short run, suggesting that
interest rates may be considered exogenous in inflation modeling in Nigeria. Furthermore, the results identified
existence of a significant causal link from inflation to interest rates in the short-run. In effect, Fisher’s hypothesis
that nominal interest rates consist of two components of the “real” rate of interest plus a premium based on
expected change in the price level is verified for Nigeria in the short-run.
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