The Output-Inflation Nexus in Ukraine: Is there a Trade-Off?

Atish Ghosh ()

No 1996/046, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This paper examines whether expansionary credit policy can help sustain output growth in transition economies, with particular reference to Ukraine’s experience since 1992. We find that, while real credit growth is indeed associated with higher output growth, an increase in the growth rate of nominal credit does not, in general equilibrium, stimulate output growth. Following a short-lived boom — caused by falling real wages — the increase in the growth rate of nominal credit leads to a decline in the level of output.

Keywords: WP; growth rate; exchange rate; money demand; credit growth; real-credit elasticity; expansionary credit policy; inflation rate; broad money; credit to the economy; output-inflation trade-off; error correction terms; producer price inflation; Durbin Watson statistics; co-integrating relationship; nominal credit; Credit; Real wages; Industrial production; Inflation; Exchange rates; Eastern Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36
Date: 1996-05-01
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