An Empirical Test of the Relationship between Exchange Rate, Interest Rate and Inflation in Five African Countries from 1980 To 2012

Authors

  • Dr. Amachree, Queen Ori-Ibim

Keywords:

fixed effect; random effect; pooled data; panel cointegration; african countries

Abstract

The study examines the empirical relationship between exchange rate interest rate and inflation in the context of Sub - Sahara African countries using panel data over 1980-2012 periods The estimated values of the pooled fixed and random effects models reveal identical results that interest rate and inflation maintain a monotonous relationship with the exchange rate though the relationship is insignificant for interest rote only in the random effect model based on 1 level of significance However

How to Cite

Dr. Amachree, Queen Ori-Ibim. (2020). An Empirical Test of the Relationship between Exchange Rate, Interest Rate and Inflation in Five African Countries from 1980 To 2012. Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 20(C5), 57–65. Retrieved from https://journalofbusiness.org/index.php/GJMBR/article/view/3261

An Empirical Test of the Relationship between Exchange Rate, Interest Rate and Inflation in Five African Countries from 1980 To 2012

Published

2020-10-15