Indonesian Journal Of Business And Economics
Vol 4, No 2 (2021)

Relationship Between Money Market and Economic Growth in Nigeria

Bashir Ahmad Daneji (Modibbo Adama University, Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria.)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Dec 2021

Abstract

AbstractThis paper investigated the relationship between money market and economic growth in Nigeria.  Secondary data for 38 years covering the period of 1981 to 2018 was used. Econometric methods of analysis of Lag Length Selection Criteria, ARDL Bound Test for Cointegration, Long Run and Short Run Estimations and Diagnostics Tests of Serial Correlation, Hetroskedascitity, Cusum Test and Ramsey Reset Test were carried out. The result found that there is long run relationship between money market and economic growth, as indicate by the F-statistics 4.48 which is higher than the upper bound values at all level of significance. This suggests that there exists a long run relation between money market and economic growth. The results of the error correction suggest the validity of long-run relationship between money market and economic growth. The study recommends that financial market regulatory body to increase the size of the money market through policy relaxation in order to achieve economic growth in the country.Keywords: Money Market, Economic Growth, Bound Test.JELClassification: C01, E05, G10

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijbe

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Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Indonesian Journal of Business and Economics (IJBE) is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Faculty of Economics, University of Kuningan, Indonesia. This journal is a biannual publication that serves as a platform for disseminating the development of knowledge through researches. It is also a ...