A p-star model approach on inflation in Singapore and the Philippines

‘Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon’, a famous phrase by Milton Friedman, has always been a hot topic. Thus, this subject regarding ‘monetarist’ view is still been questioned until now. A stable relationship between price level and monetary aggregate is crucial as this monet...

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Main Author: Lee, Hui Zhi
Format: Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2010
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/959/
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description ‘Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon’, a famous phrase by Milton Friedman, has always been a hot topic. Thus, this subject regarding ‘monetarist’ view is still been questioned until now. A stable relationship between price level and monetary aggregate is crucial as this monetary aggregate would be a good predictor of inflation. Therefore, determining which monetary aggregate is better in monitoring to produce an effective monetary policy is crucial as well. Since 1980s, the increase of financial liberalization and innovation blurred the relationship between money and price. Therefore, the weaknesses of traditional Simple Sum monetary aggregates led to the introduction of Divisia monetary aggregates. By using P-Star model framework, the performances of Divisia monetary aggregates are investigated to predict the inflationary movement against their Simple sum counterparts. In this paper, Singapore and the Philippines are examined to ascertain an appropriate monetary aggregate in monitoring their monetary policy respectively. As a result, it was discovered that Simple sum M2 exhibited more information contents in predicting inflationary movement in Singapore whereas Simple sum M1 is superior in the Philippines. Lastly, P-Star model sought be a valid empirical model to predict inflation for Singapore and the Philippines.
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spelling unimas-9592023-09-04T03:45:48Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/959/ A p-star model approach on inflation in Singapore and the Philippines Lee, Hui Zhi HG Finance ‘Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon’, a famous phrase by Milton Friedman, has always been a hot topic. Thus, this subject regarding ‘monetarist’ view is still been questioned until now. A stable relationship between price level and monetary aggregate is crucial as this monetary aggregate would be a good predictor of inflation. Therefore, determining which monetary aggregate is better in monitoring to produce an effective monetary policy is crucial as well. Since 1980s, the increase of financial liberalization and innovation blurred the relationship between money and price. Therefore, the weaknesses of traditional Simple Sum monetary aggregates led to the introduction of Divisia monetary aggregates. By using P-Star model framework, the performances of Divisia monetary aggregates are investigated to predict the inflationary movement against their Simple sum counterparts. In this paper, Singapore and the Philippines are examined to ascertain an appropriate monetary aggregate in monitoring their monetary policy respectively. As a result, it was discovered that Simple sum M2 exhibited more information contents in predicting inflationary movement in Singapore whereas Simple sum M1 is superior in the Philippines. Lastly, P-Star model sought be a valid empirical model to predict inflation for Singapore and the Philippines. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2010 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/959/1/Lee%20Hui%20Zhi%20ft.pdf Lee, Hui Zhi (2010) A p-star model approach on inflation in Singapore and the Philippines. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle HG Finance
Lee, Hui Zhi
A p-star model approach on inflation in Singapore and the Philippines
title A p-star model approach on inflation in Singapore and the Philippines
title_full A p-star model approach on inflation in Singapore and the Philippines
title_fullStr A p-star model approach on inflation in Singapore and the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed A p-star model approach on inflation in Singapore and the Philippines
title_short A p-star model approach on inflation in Singapore and the Philippines
title_sort p-star model approach on inflation in singapore and the philippines
topic HG Finance
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/959/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/959/1/Lee%20Hui%20Zhi%20ft.pdf