The impact of macroeconomic policy and supply shocks on sectoral output and the implications for policy

Johnson Worlanyo Ahiadorme and Linda Akoto

International Journal of Social Economics, 2024, vol. 52, issue 6, 855-869

Abstract: Purpose - Little is known about the quantitative impact of macro policies on disaggregated variables. This study investigates the effects of macroeconomic policies and cost/supply shocks on sectoral output growth. Design/methodology/approach - We analyzed empirical evidence from Ghana using a Structural Vector Autoregression approach. Findings - The results show that the transmission of various macro policies and supply/cost shocks is conditional on sectoral idiosyncrasies. Fiscal programs contribute the most to agricultural output growth and the least to industrial production. The downturn from rising costs and supply disruptions is more severe and lasting in the agriculture sector than in the service sector. The evidence shows that fiscal consolidation centered on government consumption cuts would not drag growth over the medium-term. Practical implications - Our results show that the structural characteristics of a country may play an important role in understanding the output effects of macro policy changes. The empirical evidence shows that targeted policies are needed to complement countercyclical macroeconomic policies to facilitate broad-based economic recovery. Originality/value - Research on the impact of macro policy shocks on the real economy has usually focused on the behavior of highly aggregated variables. In this research, we focus on disaggregated, sector-level variables to unveil the idiosyncrasies in the performance of disaggregated variables that are usually concealed when studying the behavior of aggregate variables. This study also contributes a different angle to the debate on supply shocks by examining how cost shocks are propagated through the various sectors of the economy. Peer review - The peer review history for this article is available at:https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-11-2023-0876

Keywords: Monetary policy; Fiscal policy; Supply/cost shocks; Economic growth; Sectoral output (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1108/IJSE-11-2023-0876

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