January 2014

The mining boom, productivity conundrum and monetary policy design to combat resource curse effects in Australia

The productivity slump in the 2000 decade whilst Australia was riding on the biggest mining boom in its history posed a conundrum. The mining boom caused a real exchange rate appreciated due to the sky-rocketing terms of trade fuelled by demand for minerals from the mega-Asian economies. The exchange rate appreciation  has led to deindustrialisation and Dutch Disease effects making traditional exports...

Author(s): Neil Dias Karunaratne

January 2014

Inflation in Nigeria: How much is the function of money?

Inflation is one of the most researched concepts in economics, yet there is always a noisy room when it is discussed. Most empirical literature suggests that excessive inflation is harmful to economic growth. The emphasis   on ‘excessive’ implies that some level of inflation would have a positive association with growth. Considerable study has gone into determining the points of inflexion where...

Author(s): Mbutor O. Mbutor