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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788232003321

Autore

Alogeel Hesham

Titolo

Understanding the Inflationary Process in the GCC Region : : The Case of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait / / Hesham Alogeel, Maher Hasan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

ISBN

1-4623-7395-X

1-4527-7430-7

9786612841446

1-282-84144-0

1-4518-7051-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (39 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/193

Altri autori (Persone)

HasanMaher

Disciplina

332.41

Soggetti

Inflation (Finance) - Persian Gulf States - Econometric models

Inflation (Finance) - Saudi Arabia - Econometric models

Inflation (Finance) - Kuwait - Econometric models

Foreign Exchange

Inflation

Macroeconomics

Money and Monetary Policy

Price Level

Deflation

Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General

Demand for Money

Energy: Demand and Supply

Prices

Monetary economics

Currency

Foreign exchange

Monetary base

Demand for money

Exchange rate pass-through

Oil prices

Money supply

Money

Saudi Arabia



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. Brief Review of the Literature; III. Economic Model and Methodology; Figures; 1. Imports to Aggregate Domestic Demand Ratio, 1980-2007; 2. Non-oil Exports to Aggregate Domestic Demand Ratio, 1980-2007; IV. Data and Estimation; A. Inflationary developments; 3. GCC: Inflation, 1964-2007; B. Order of integration; C. Estimates of the inflation model (Saudi Arabia); Tables; 1. Unit Root Tests; 4. Saudi Arabia: Inflation and its Theoretical Determinants, 1967-2007; 2. Cointegration Test for Inflation Equation

5. Saudi Arabia: Actual Inflation and Predicted Long- and Short-Run Inflation3. Saudi Arabia: Comparing Alternative Models; D. Estimates of the inflation model (Kuwait); 6. Kuwait: Inflation and its Theoretical Determinants, 1974-2007; 7. Kuwait: Actual Inflation and the Predicted Long-run and Short-run Inflation; 4. Kuwait: Comparing Alternative Models; Boxes; 1. Empirical Evidence on Exchange Rate Pass-through; V. Conclusions; References; Appendix 1. Detailed ECM Results; Appendix Tables; A1. Saudi Arabia: Vector Error Correction Estimates; A2. Kuwait: Vector Error Correction Estimates

A3. GCC: Selected Trading Partner WeightsA4. PPP Assumption and Residual Tests; Appendix 2. Calculating Demand Gap Series; Appendix 3. Money Demand Equation and Excess Money Supply; A5. Cointegration Test for Money Demand Equation

Sommario/riassunto

This paper investigates the factors that affect inflation in the GCC region by examining the inflationary processes in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The paper utilizes a model that accounts for foreign factors affecting inflation, such as trading partners' inflation and exchange rate pass-through effect, as well as domestic influences. The analysis concludes that, in the long run, higher inflation in trading partners' countries is the main driving force for inflation in the two countries, with significant but lower contributions from the exchange rate pass-through effect and oil prices. Demand and money supply shocks affect inflation in the short run.