Investigating the Causality between Unemployment Rate, Major Monetary Policy Indicators and Domestic Output using an Augmented Var Approach: A Case of Nigeria

Alabi, Nurudeen Olawale and Bada, Olatunbosun (2019) Investigating the Causality between Unemployment Rate, Major Monetary Policy Indicators and Domestic Output using an Augmented Var Approach: A Case of Nigeria. Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: E Economics, 19 (6). pp. 11-21. ISSN 2249-460x

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Abstract

This paper is an investigation of causal relationships that exist between macroeconomic variables in Nigeria context. These variables are interest rate, inflation rate, exchange rate, real gross domestic product, and unemployment rate. Often, a variable can better be forecasted by introducing past and current values of some other variables in the ARMA model or its AR approximation. We achieved this by employing an augmented VAR approach, such as the procedure proposed by Toda-Yamamoto. This current work included a unit-root test with trend break functions without a priori information. Specifically, we employed the extended Augmented Dickey-Fuller test through innovational outlier and additive outlier models. The truncation parameter was selected using the t-sig and F-sig general to specific recursive techniques. Unknown breakpoints were observed, which indicates a strong connection with the data

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Mathematics
Depositing User:	Mr Taiwo Egbeyemi
Date Deposited:	09 Jun 2020 16:18
Last Modified:	09 Jun 2020 16:18
URI:	http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/392

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