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A dynamic macroeconomic model of the Nigerian economy with emphasis on the monetary sector

Enang Bassey Udah
South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences | Vol 12, No 1 | a259 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v12i1.259 | © 2011 Enang Bassey Udah | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 11 August 2011 | Published: 12 August 2011

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Enang Bassey Udah, University of Calabar, Nigeria

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The dynamic nexus between money supply, fiscal deficit, inflation, output and exchange rate management has recently generated much debate in economic literature in Nigeria. To contribute to this debate, this paper uses the co-integration and error correction framework of analysis and also conducts policy simulation experiments to investigate how monetary variables interact with aggregate supply, demand and prices in order to aid stabilization policies. The results show that monetary variables and government finance are linked through government’s net indebtedness to the banking system. The simulation results show that a 20 per cent monetary squeeze would reduce the inflation rate faster than if the reduction in money supply were 10 per cent. This reduction in money supply would also lead to a reduction in output, employment and government expenditure, which may hurt the domestic economy. The paper thus concludes that there is a trade-off between higher GDP growth and inflation in Nigeria.


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