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Do fiscal deficits cause inflation? Evidence from Suriname
Gavin Ooft* 
Article | Year: 2025 | Pages: 153 - 179 | Volume: 49 | Issue: 1 Received: February 6, 2024 | Accepted: June 17, 2024 | Published online: March 10, 2025
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FULL ARTICLE
FIGURES & DATA
REFERENCES
CROSSMARK POLICY
METRICS
LICENCING
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Commodity-price
shock
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Fiscal
shock
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Money
shock
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Exchange
rate shock
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Output
shock
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Inflation
shock
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Fiscal balance
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+/-
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+
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Money supply
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+/-
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-
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+
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0
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0
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0
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Exchange rate
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+/-
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-
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+
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+
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0
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0
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Output growth
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+/-
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+
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-
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-
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+
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0
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Inflation
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+/-
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-
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+
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+
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+
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+
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Source: Author’s elaboration.
Note: Changes reflect year-on-year changes. The market exchange rate entails the USD/SRD exchange
rate on the parallel market. This data is gathered from the CBvS, foreign exchange bureaus, and local
newspapers. In the years before the parallel market emerged, the market exchange rate equalled the
official exchange rate. Sources: Author using data from the CBvS, GBS, Ministry of Finance Suriname, World Bank.
Note: The impulse responses depict responses to SVAR innovations with 95% confidence intervals
using analytical asymptotic standard errors. Source: Author’s calculations.
Note: The impulse responses depict responses to SVAR innovations with 95% confidence intervals
using analytical asymptotic standard errors. Source: Author’s calculations.
Source: Author’s calculations.
Source: Author’s calculations.
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Indicator
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Definition
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Source(s)
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ER
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Year-on-year change in the market exchange rate (in
%)
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Newspapers, CBvS
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FBGDP
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Fiscal balance scaled to nominal GDP (in %)
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Ministry of Finance Suriname, CBvS
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GR
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Volume growth of GDP (in %)
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GBS, CBvS
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INFL
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Year-on-year change in the CPI (in %)
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GBS, CBvS
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M1GDP
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Money supply scaled to nominal GDP (in %)
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CBvS
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XE
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Energy commodity prices (year-on-year change, in %)
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World Bank Prospects Group
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XNE
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Non-energy commodity prices (year-on-year change, in
%)
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World Bank Prospects Group
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ER
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FBGDP
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GR
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INFL
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M1GDP
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XE
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XNE
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Mean
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-2.58
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-5.77
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2.54
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29.15
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29.61
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3.62
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4.40
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Median
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-4.02
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-5.00
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2.80
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8.40
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25.05
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3.61
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4.44
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Maximum
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3.46
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26.60
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19.20
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586.50
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83.78
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5.01
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4.84
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Minimum
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-6.32
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-25.50
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-16.00
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-7.60
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14.88
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2.12
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4.01
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Std.
dev.
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3.56
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8.10
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5.39
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79.15
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16.58
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0.84
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0.22
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Skewness
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0.19
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0.29
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-0.34
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5.93
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1.87
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-0.39
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-0.28
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Kurtosis
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1.31
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6.17
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5.13
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40.95
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5.84
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2.03
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1.97
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Jarque-Bera
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7.83
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27.32
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13.09
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4148.86
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57.90
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4.05
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3.58
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Probability
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0.02
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.13
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0.17
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Observations
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63
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63
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63
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63
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63
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63
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63
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Levels
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ADF
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FBGDP
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M1GDP
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ER
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GR
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INFL
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XE
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XNE
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With
constant
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t-Stat
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-4.18***
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-2.77*
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0.43
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-4.95***
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-5.39***
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-1.07
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-1.51
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Prob.
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0.00
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0.07
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0.98
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0.00
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0.00
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0.72
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0.52
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With
constant & trend
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t-Stat
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-4.15***
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-2.89
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-2.16
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-5.35***
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-5.42***
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-2.10
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-0.72
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Prob.
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0.01
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0.17
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0.50
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0.00
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0.00
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0.54
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0.97
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First
difference
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ADF
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d(FBGDP)
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d(M1GDP)
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d(ER)
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d(GR)
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d(INFL)
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d(XE)
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d(XNE)
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With
constant
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t-Stat
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-11.47***
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-5.24***
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-4.55***
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-9.26***
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-8.38***
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-7.20***
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-7.47***
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Prob.
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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With
constant & trend
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t-Stat
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-11.38***
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-5.20***
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-4.73***
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-9.17***
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-8.31***
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-7.13***
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-7.63***
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Prob.
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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Source: Author’s calculations.
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Levels
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PP
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FBGDP
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M1GDP
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ER
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GR
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INFL
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XE
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XNE
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With
constant
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t-Stat
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-4.12***
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-2.05
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0.81
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-4.88***
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-5.33***
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-1.07
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-1.48
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Prob.
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0.00
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0.27
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0.99
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0.00
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0.00
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0.72
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0.54
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With
constant & trend
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t-Stat
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-4.09**
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-2.19
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-1.95
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-5.30***
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-5.36***
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-2.18
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-1.09
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Prob.
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0.01
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0.49
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0.62
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0.00
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0.00
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0.49
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0.92
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First
difference
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PP
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d(FBGDP)
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d(M1GDP)
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d(ER)
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d(GR)
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d(INFL)
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d(XE)
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d(XNE)
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With
constant
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t-Stat
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-14.83***
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-5.37***
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-4.48***
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-17.43***
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-35.37***
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-7.20***
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-6.97***
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Prob.
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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With
constant & trend
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t-Stat
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-14.08***
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-5.33***
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-4.66***
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-17.24***
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-34.90***
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-7.13***
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-7.11***
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Prob.
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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Notes: PP denotes the Phillips-Perron unit root test. (*) Significant at the 10%; (**) Significant at the 5%; (***) Significant at the 1%. Source: Author’s calculations.
Note: The impulse responses depict responses to SVAR innovations with 95% confidence intervals
using analytical asymptotic standard errors. Source: Author’s calculations.
Note: The bias-adjusted impulse response functions present the responses of inflation to various
shocks using Kilian’s unbiased bootstrap with 500 bootstrap repetitions and 500 double bootstrap
repetitions. The shaded area corresponds to a 95% confidence interval. Source: Author’s calculations.
Note: The bias-adjusted impulse response functions present the responses of inflation to various
shocks using Kilian’s unbiased bootstrap with 500 bootstrap repetitions and 500 double bootstrap
repetitions. The shaded area corresponds to a 95% confidence interval. Source: Author’s calculations.
Source: Author’s calculations.
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Null
hypothesis: Residuals are multivariate normal
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Equation
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Jarque-Bera
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df
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Prob.
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1
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9.88
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2
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0.01
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2
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19.21
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2
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0.00
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3
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1.77
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2
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0.41
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4
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1.32
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2
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0.52
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5
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3.83
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2
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0.15
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6
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3.24
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2
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0.20
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Joint
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39.27
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12
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0.00
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