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- Title
Macroeconomic Implications of Exchange Rate Depreciation: The Nigerian Experience.
- Authors
Mesagan, Ekundayo P.; Alimi, Olorunfemi Y.; Yusuf, Ismaila A.
- Abstract
This study examines the macroeconomic implications of exchange rate depreciation in Nigeria. It employs the Autoregressive Distributed Lag Bounds Testing Cointegration approach for data covering the period of 1970 to 2015. Empirical results confirm that the Naira depreciation positively and significantly impact all the indicators of macroeconomic performance except for output per capita, which is found to be insignificant. This implies that Naira depreciation stimulates trade balance; promotes price instability and increases the interest rate. Thus, currency depreciation does not benefit the country's economy.Moreover, the study confirms that long-run relationship exists between exchange rate depreciation and macroeconomic performance in Nigeria. Thus, there is the need for trade and export diversification to sustain gains from exchange rate movements and mitigate its negative effects on the economy.
- Subjects
MACROECONOMICS; FOREIGN exchange rates
- Publication
Managing Global Transitions: International Research Journal, 2018, Vol 16, Issue 3, p235
- ISSN
1581-6311
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.26493/1854-6935.16.235-258