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The Relationship between Share Prices and Interest Rates: Evidence from Kenya

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The changes in interest rates do have a diverse effect across the economic spectrum in any country. The effects of interest rates may be reflected in the stock prices. Policy makers, scholars, and the general Kenyan public are interested in understanding relationship of stock prices and interest rates. The objective of this research is to examine how changes in interest rates (represented by the weighted average lending rate by commercial banks in Kenya) and stock prices (proxied by the NSE 20 share index) are related to each other for Kenya over the period October 2002- September 2012. The research used Toda Yamamoto method [1] to determine the relationship between stock prices and interest rates. This method is applicable “whether the Vector Auto Regression (VAR) may be stationary (around a deterministic trend), integrated of an arbitrary order, or cointegrated of an arbitrary order†[1] The results indicated that there is no significant causal relationship between interest rate and share price. As regards the sign of causality, negative causality exists in both directions.

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  • Dan Chirchir, 2014. "The Relationship between Share Prices and Interest Rates: Evidence from Kenya," Journal of Finance and Investment Analysis, SCIENPRESS Ltd, vol. 3(2), pages 1-7.
    • Handle: RePEc:spt:fininv:v:3:y:2014:i:2:f:3_2_7
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    1. Donald A. Otieno & Rose W. Ngugi & Nelson H. W. Wawire, 2017. "Effects of Interest Rate on Stock Market Returns in Kenya," International Journal of Economics and Finance, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 9(8), pages 40-50, August.
    2. Brian Opiyo Yalla & Ferdinand Okoth Othieno, 2023. "Modelling delayed correlation between interest rates and equity market returns," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 3(2), pages 1-24, February.

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