An Autoregressive and Distributed Lag Model Approach to Inflation in Nigeria

Chimere Iheonu (), Godfrey Ikechukwu Ihedimma and Samuel Nzube Eze

Academic Journal of Economic Studies, 2017, vol. 3, issue 1, 73-80

Abstract: This study scrutinized the precursors of Inflation in Nigeria between the periods 1980 to 2014. The Augmented Dickey-Fuller test was engaged to test for stationarity of the variables while the Autoregressive and Distributed lag (ARDL) Model was applied to capture the affiliation between inflation and selected macroeconomic variables. Our findings revealed that there exists a long run relationship between Inflation, money supply, interest rate, GDP per capita and exchange rate in Nigeria while in the short run, money supply has a significant positive one period lag effect on Inflation and Interest Rate also has a significant negative one period lag influence on Inflation in Nigeria. Recommendations are that in the short run, monetary policies should be geared towards the control of money supply and interest rate in Nigeria in other to regulate Inflation and also, the Nigerian economy can afford to vary any of human capital development or technological advancement to boost productivity without causing inflation as GDP per capita proved insignificant in the short run.

Keywords: Inflation; ARDL; money supply; interest rate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 C51 E31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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