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Showing 1 to 20 of 85 for “"Inflation rate"”.
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Modeling and Forecasting Ghana's Inflation Rate Under Threshold Models
Over the years researchers have been modeling inflation rate in Ghana using linear models such as Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA), Autoregressive Moving Average (ARMA) and Moving Average (MA). Empirical research however, has shown that financial data, such as inflation rate, does …
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Relationship between inflation rate and wage rate before and after inflation targeting periods in South Africa
… power in recent times have put pressure on wage rate, resulting in rate rise in South Africa, thereby causing rate rise in inflation from both the supply and demand sides with its attendant output/productivity deterioration. Consequently, this study complements existing literature by …
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The impact of macroeconomic variables on the equity market risk premium in South Africa
… of equity assets. Past studies have identified inflation rate, interest rate, foreign exchange rate and political risk as the key macroeconomic variables that determine the size of the MRP. The test of the impact of these variables on the MRP have however been based mainly on data from developed …
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Inflation and economic growth relationship in the West African Monetary Zone
Inflation and output growth relationship is of interest to policymakers and researchers. In the West African Monetary Zone, the attainment of low inflation rate is considered as one of the convergence criteria for the successful implementation of monetary union in the zone. Although there has been …
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An investigation of empirical properties of South African bonds
… ii) the correlation between bond returns and the inflation rate; and, iii) the correlation between bond returns and equity returns. An understanding of bond return dynamics would allow bond investors to assess which bond properties work in their favour. Thus this study seeks to guide bond …
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An empirical study of the impact of macroeconomic variables on the capital structure of South African firms during periods of heightened economic uncertainty
… namely the national debt to GDP, GDP growth rate, inflation rate, interest rates, and tax rate. This research is built on previous research conducted by Pierre Erasmus in 2010, which covered the capital structure, and the debt maturity decision, of South African firms during the period …
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The macro-economic determinants of remittances: the case of Malawi
… 1994 to 2020 for real gross domestic product, inflation rate, interest rate difference, and real effective exchange rate. The time series data was studied using Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) estimation techniques to explore the long run and short run effects The findings of the ARDL …
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Investigating the determinants of sovereign bond yield spread in Namibia
… were ten-year government bond yield, GDP growth rate, government debt, current account balance and inflation rate. Data on all variables was obtained from the Bank of Namibia, except for the GDP growth rate which was obtained from the Namibia Statistics Agency. The tests employed included the …
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Three Essays on Natural Rates
<p>Chapter 1. Non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment and Non-accelerating inflation rate of output We followed Ball and Mankiw (2002) to estimate the natural rates of output and unemployment. The primary purposes of this paper are to provide more accurate estimates of a varying …
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An Assessment of Factors Hindering the Growth and Development of Dar Es Salaam Stock Exchange Market.
… examined variables such as money supply exchange rate, inflation rate and interest rate were considered. The study employed quantitatively approach where four variables were tested by hypothesis. Moreover only secondary data were used to analyze the variables whereby the multiple regression model …
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Financial Crisis and Bank Lending Behavior in Nigeria
… variables like the 91-day Treasury bill rate and inflation rate.</p> <p>Using the fixed effects regression technique, it was observed that compared to the pre-crisis period, total loan ratio was higher during and post financial crisis, net of other variables. The results support the …
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Macroeconomic Determinants of Economic Growth after financial sector in Tanzania
… to examine the effect of Budget deficit (BD), Inflation rate (INFL), Exchange rate (EXCH) and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on economic growth in Tanzania. The study uses the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and cointegration relationship among the variables. The data were collected from the …
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Essays on imperfect information and economic growth
… as to the borrower’s ability to successfully operate an investment project. In contrast to the existing literature, lenders can induce self selection either by rationing a fraction of borrowers, or by using a costly screening technology, or by a mix of the two. The growth rate of the economy and …
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Essays in Hierarchical Time Series Forecasting and Forecast Combination
… a disaggregated forecasting system for both inflation rate and its volatility. Using monthly data that underlies the Retail Prices Index for the UK, we analyse the dynamics of the inflation process. We examine patterns in the time-varying covariation among product-level inflation rates that …
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Constantly vulnerable yet persistently strong: A study of the financial condition of the liberal arts college
… the challenges of the 1980s with retrenchment strategies. Each college showed dramatic increases in E&G spending well beyond the inflation rate. Most of the spending increases were devoted to promoting and managing the institutions as well as to student services, student financial aid and …
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Investigating the impact of domestic economic dynamics on foreign portfolio investment in Namibia
… the World Bank. Explanatory variables such as inflation rate, trade openness, lending interest rate and gross domestic product (GDP) were used to explain the inflow of foreign portfolio investment. E-views statistical package was utilised to analyse and estimate the time series model. The study …
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The relationship between the macroeconomic and demographic factors and the demand for and lapsation of life insurance in Malaysia and the United States
… factor, the change in total fertility rate in the previous period (i.e. positive and significant), is a vitally important factor in connection with life insurance demand (measured by number, by amount and by premium). Income and stock market return are important factors affecting the …
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Licensure and the dental market
… of the public's dental health. However, the inflation rate of dental fees above the general inflation rate over the past several years suggests that the market has not been behaving in a competitive fashion. The decline in the incidence of dental caries coupled with an oversupply of dentists …
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3-month bond option strategies: an analysis of performance from 1998 to 2010 in the South African market
… be less risky. However, South African interest rates have been volatile over the past decade due to changes in the inflation rate. This has caused the returns of bond portfolios to be uncertain since bond prices are inversely related to interest rates. It is thus imperative to manage the …
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Threshold cointegration test of the Fisher effect
… to the Fisher hypothesis, the nominal interest rate moves one-to-one with the rate of inflation anticipated by the public, and the expected real rate of return is constant over time. The hypothesis implies that in the long run there is a one-to-one correspondence between changes of the nominal …
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