Inflation-growth nexus in Botswana: Can lower inflation really spur growth in the country?

Gosego Mothuti () and Andrew Phiri
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Gosego Mothuti: Department of Economics, Nelson Mandela University

No 1824, Working Papers from Department of Economics, Nelson Mandela University

Abstract: Does inflation affect economic growth in Botswana over the short-run and long-run? In applying bounds procedure for modelling ARDL cointegation effects applied to empirical data collected between 1975 and 2016 we find that this hypothesis does not hold true for Botswana as inflation is found to be insignificantly related with economic growth over both the short and long-run. Our growth equation estimates point to increased exports and an appreciated Pula currency as having a significant positive effect on steady-state GDP growth. Further empirical exercises show that an appreciated Pula increases inflation whilst a depreciated Pula decreases inflation for the Botswana economy. Policymakers should be this aware that attainment of lower inflation rates which occurs through a depreciated Pula/Dollar currency will only retard economic growth.

Keywords: Inflation; Economic growth; Exchange rates; Bank of Botswana; Nonlinear autoregressive distributive lag (N-ARDL) model. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C13 C32 C52 E31 F43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2018-06
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Journal Article: Inflation-Growth Nexus in Botswana: Can Lower Inflation Really Spur Growth in the Country? (2018)
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