This paper investigates the effects of inflation rate, GDP, and real growth rate on interest rate in Canada for the period of 2003 to 2014. I employed the monthly data from Statistics Canada. By testing the unit root,...This paper investigates the effects of inflation rate, GDP, and real growth rate on interest rate in Canada for the period of 2003 to 2014. I employed the monthly data from Statistics Canada. By testing the unit root, cointegration, and Granger causality and using the econometric regression, I find that inflation rate, GDP, and real growth rate have significantly positive effects on interest rate.展开更多
Using data for the period 2000-2011, we construct province-level real effective exchange rate （REER） indices for China and test the effect of REER depreciation on regional economic growth in a generalized method of ...Using data for the period 2000-2011, we construct province-level real effective exchange rate （REER） indices for China and test the effect of REER depreciation on regional economic growth in a generalized method of moments regression framework. Our results show that REER depreciation, in general, promotes regional economic growth, through increasing net exports and lowering FDI costs. After dividing the full sample into coastal and inland subsamples, we find that REER depreciation influences economic growth in inland areas but not in coastal areas. This is due to the fact that the inland areas have more surplus labor or other resources to expand their production capacity when REER depreciation leads to increased worm demand. Furthermore, compared to inland areas, processing-and-assembly trade comprises a larger share of trade in the coastal areas, where traders import more raw materials and intermediate goods to process and assemble goods. When the exchange rate depreciates, the costs of imported materials and immediate goods increase. In this case, the benefits from REER depreciation in coastal areas are offset to some extent and are thus lower than in inland areas.展开更多
文摘This paper investigates the effects of inflation rate, GDP, and real growth rate on interest rate in Canada for the period of 2003 to 2014. I employed the monthly data from Statistics Canada. By testing the unit root, cointegration, and Granger causality and using the econometric regression, I find that inflation rate, GDP, and real growth rate have significantly positive effects on interest rate.
文摘Using data for the period 2000-2011, we construct province-level real effective exchange rate （REER） indices for China and test the effect of REER depreciation on regional economic growth in a generalized method of moments regression framework. Our results show that REER depreciation, in general, promotes regional economic growth, through increasing net exports and lowering FDI costs. After dividing the full sample into coastal and inland subsamples, we find that REER depreciation influences economic growth in inland areas but not in coastal areas. This is due to the fact that the inland areas have more surplus labor or other resources to expand their production capacity when REER depreciation leads to increased worm demand. Furthermore, compared to inland areas, processing-and-assembly trade comprises a larger share of trade in the coastal areas, where traders import more raw materials and intermediate goods to process and assemble goods. When the exchange rate depreciates, the costs of imported materials and immediate goods increase. In this case, the benefits from REER depreciation in coastal areas are offset to some extent and are thus lower than in inland areas.
