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Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia

35 2001 3 – 11

The Long-Run Relationship between Nominal Interest Rates and Inflation of the Asian Developing Countries

Department of Finance
Faculty of Business Management
University Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 UKM bangi
selangor Darul Ehsan


Department of Finance
Faculty of Business Management
University Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 UKM bangi
selangor Darul Ehsan


Abstract

The relationship between nominal interest rates and inflation in developed countries and the G7 countries have been well documented. However, such relationship in relatively less developed Asian countries is less clear and similar studies that consider a different financial markets may have different results. Therefore, this paper uses data for five Asian developing counntries namely Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea and Philippines to examine the Fisherian link between inflation and long-term nominal inetrest rates. In doing so, the Augmented-Dickey Fuller Test and Engle-Granger are applied to investigate the stationary and cointegration properties of the variables. The results indicate unit root properties for the level of interest rates and inflation for all five countries, however there is no cointegration between both variables for all the countries except for Indonesia. The findings for these four coutries are consistent with other findings who argue that the Fisher effect does not hold for countries other than the United States.

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Said, , & Janor, (2001). The Long-Run Relationship between Nominal Interest Rates and Inflation of the Asian Developing Countries. Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 35, 3–11.

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  title={The Long-Run Relationship between Nominal Interest Rates and Inflation of the Asian Developing Countries},
  author={Said, Rasidah and Janor, Hawati},
  journal={Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia},
  volume={35},
  number={},
  pages={3—11},
 

year={2001},
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