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Time-Frequency Analysis of Determinants of Inflation Rate in Pakistan

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  • Muhammad Nadim Hanif

    (State Bank of Pakistan)

  • Sajjad Zaheer

    (State Bank of Pakistan)

  • Javed Iqbal

    (State Bank of Pakistan)

Abstract

By using wavelet decomposition method, this study provides time-frequency analysis of headline inflation and its determinants for the case of Pakistan by using monthly data covering July 1992 to June 2021. Frequency scale-wise correlation and causation analysis indicates that in the short run (at median frequency of 4 to 8 months) policy rate, exchange rate changes, changes in government borrowing and growth in import payments are associated with inflation rate in Pakistan. During medium run (at median frequency of 16 to 64 months), growth in broad money supply and global commodity prices also affect inflation. In the long run (at low frequency scale of above 64 months), growth in government borrowing, global commodity prices and broad money supply determine the inflation rate in Pakistan. The study shows that money supply matters more for inflation than the policy rate in the long run.

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  • Muhammad Nadim Hanif & Sajjad Zaheer & Javed Iqbal, 2022. "Time-Frequency Analysis of Determinants of Inflation Rate in Pakistan," SBP Working Paper Series 111, State Bank of Pakistan, Research Department.
    • Handle: RePEc:sbp:wpaper:111
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    Keywords

    Time Frequancy; Wavelet; Inflation Determinantes;
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    JEL classification:

    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • E51 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Money Supply; Credit; Money Multipliers

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