Fractional cointegration between nominal interest rates and inflation: A re-examination of the Fisher relationship in the G7 countries

Valérie Mignon () and Sandrine Lardic ()

Economics Bulletin, 2003, vol. 3, issue 14, 1-10

Abstract: According to the Fisher hypothesis, the nominal interest rate is equal to the real interest rate, plus expected inflation. Results concerning the empirical validity of this hypothesis are not unanimous. These contradictions may be due to the fact that the usual concept of cointegration is too restrictive. We thus propose here to refer to the concept of fractional cointegration introduced by Granger (1986). We study the Fisher hypothesis by testing for the existence of a fractional cointegration relationship between nominal interest rates and inflation. Our results suggest that, for a large majority of G7 countries, such a relationship exists.

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Date: 2003-07-02
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