A Bayesian Vector Autoregressive analysis of price and industrial shocks on the Malaysian economy

Aside from identifying the determinants of economic growth, ensuring a stable evolution of output is crucial. This paper therefore, intends to shed light on the effects of consumer prices (CPI) and producer prices (PPI) as well as industrial output (IPI) shocks on real aggregate output. Preliminar...

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Main Author: Azfar Hilmi Baharudin
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20081/
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description Aside from identifying the determinants of economic growth, ensuring a stable evolution of output is crucial. This paper therefore, intends to shed light on the effects of consumer prices (CPI) and producer prices (PPI) as well as industrial output (IPI) shocks on real aggregate output. Preliminary examination of data suggests a critical analysis on the nexus between aforementioned variables is warranted. Conforming to precedence in the literature, Bayesian Vector Autoregressive analysis was performed on the detrended series. As expected, a shock in consumer prices induces a negative response in real GDP while a positive response was observed from a shock in producer prices. However, we note that the positive response from PPI is subdued which may be accounted for by the consideration of negative consumer sentiment in producers’ decision. Additionally, we find positive CPI response on shocks emanating from real GDP and IPI. We note that the weak CPI response from innovation in IPI may be due to the percentage of exported goods in the Malaysian manufacturing sector. Also noteworthy, is that innovations in CPI and real GDP induce positive response in IPI, but followed by mild negative response. We ascribe this observation to inventory overshooting.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:200812022-10-12T00:44:18Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20081/ A Bayesian Vector Autoregressive analysis of price and industrial shocks on the Malaysian economy Azfar Hilmi Baharudin, Aside from identifying the determinants of economic growth, ensuring a stable evolution of output is crucial. This paper therefore, intends to shed light on the effects of consumer prices (CPI) and producer prices (PPI) as well as industrial output (IPI) shocks on real aggregate output. Preliminary examination of data suggests a critical analysis on the nexus between aforementioned variables is warranted. Conforming to precedence in the literature, Bayesian Vector Autoregressive analysis was performed on the detrended series. As expected, a shock in consumer prices induces a negative response in real GDP while a positive response was observed from a shock in producer prices. However, we note that the positive response from PPI is subdued which may be accounted for by the consideration of negative consumer sentiment in producers’ decision. Additionally, we find positive CPI response on shocks emanating from real GDP and IPI. We note that the weak CPI response from innovation in IPI may be due to the percentage of exported goods in the Malaysian manufacturing sector. Also noteworthy, is that innovations in CPI and real GDP induce positive response in IPI, but followed by mild negative response. We ascribe this observation to inventory overshooting. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20081/1/jeko_523-15.pdf Azfar Hilmi Baharudin, (2018) A Bayesian Vector Autoregressive analysis of price and industrial shocks on the Malaysian economy. Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 52 (3). pp. 191-204. ISSN 0127-1962 https://www.ukm.my/jem/issue/v52i3/
spellingShingle Azfar Hilmi Baharudin,
A Bayesian Vector Autoregressive analysis of price and industrial shocks on the Malaysian economy
title A Bayesian Vector Autoregressive analysis of price and industrial shocks on the Malaysian economy
title_full A Bayesian Vector Autoregressive analysis of price and industrial shocks on the Malaysian economy
title_fullStr A Bayesian Vector Autoregressive analysis of price and industrial shocks on the Malaysian economy
title_full_unstemmed A Bayesian Vector Autoregressive analysis of price and industrial shocks on the Malaysian economy
title_short A Bayesian Vector Autoregressive analysis of price and industrial shocks on the Malaysian economy
title_sort bayesian vector autoregressive analysis of price and industrial shocks on the malaysian economy
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20081/
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http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20081/1/jeko_523-15.pdf