Determinants of inflation in Singapore.

The purpose of this paper is to find out the determinants of Singapore’s inflation rate using the AD/AS framework. The period of analysis is from 1980 to 2010. This paper consists of two parts, namely a qualitative and a quantitative analysis. Our results indicate that energy prices and loans and ad...

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Main Authors: Lim, Cher Siong., Tan, Yi Lyn., Tan, Desmond Yifan.
Other Authors: Tan Kim Heng
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Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-486342019-12-10T13:32:19Z Determinants of inflation in Singapore. Lim, Cher Siong. Tan, Yi Lyn. Tan, Desmond Yifan. Tan Kim Heng School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic development::Singapore DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic theory::Macroeconomics DRNTU::Social sciences::Statistics The purpose of this paper is to find out the determinants of Singapore’s inflation rate using the AD/AS framework. The period of analysis is from 1980 to 2010. This paper consists of two parts, namely a qualitative and a quantitative analysis. Our results indicate that energy prices and loans and advances are positively correlated to inflation, while nominal earnings and the exchange rate are negatively correlated to inflation. While the result obtained for nominal wages is peculiar, it could have been due to CPF contributions that restrict actual consumption of the population. Bachelor of Arts 2012-04-27T08:12:02Z 2012-04-27T08:12:02Z 2012 2012 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48634 en Nanyang Technological University 48 p. application/pdf
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DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic theory::Macroeconomics
DRNTU::Social sciences::Statistics
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DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic theory::Macroeconomics
DRNTU::Social sciences::Statistics
Lim, Cher Siong.
Tan, Yi Lyn.
Tan, Desmond Yifan.
Determinants of inflation in Singapore.
description The purpose of this paper is to find out the determinants of Singapore’s inflation rate using the AD/AS framework. The period of analysis is from 1980 to 2010. This paper consists of two parts, namely a qualitative and a quantitative analysis. Our results indicate that energy prices and loans and advances are positively correlated to inflation, while nominal earnings and the exchange rate are negatively correlated to inflation. While the result obtained for nominal wages is peculiar, it could have been due to CPF contributions that restrict actual consumption of the population.
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Lim, Cher Siong.
Tan, Yi Lyn.
Tan, Desmond Yifan.
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author Lim, Cher Siong.
Tan, Yi Lyn.
Tan, Desmond Yifan.
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title Determinants of inflation in Singapore.
title_short Determinants of inflation in Singapore.
title_full Determinants of inflation in Singapore.
title_fullStr Determinants of inflation in Singapore.
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of inflation in Singapore.
title_sort determinants of inflation in singapore.
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