Is the SARB’s inflation target of 3-6% compatible with the 6% economic growth objective set by ASGISA? Estimations of … inflation-growth bivariate Threshold Vector Autoregressive with corresponding bivariate Threshold Vector Error Correction (BTVEC …-BTVAR) econometric models for sub-periods coupled with the South African inflation-growth experience between 1960 and 2010; suggest on …

Inflation, a macroeconomic variable, is underpinned by microeconomic data. This paper uses a large microdata sample at …

This paper investigates the long-run impact of inflation on homeowner equity in South Africa by analysing the … expenditure. In general, we infer that house prices in South Africa provide a stable, but quantitatively minor, inflation hedge in …

that China has a dampening effect on global inflation through the supply of cheap products. On the other hand, imports from … far as inflation is concerned, the paper does not find convincing empirical evidence at the aggregate level for inflation …

How detrimental is inflation to growth in South Africa? At what level? Motivated by the adoption of inflation targeting … by many countries, this paper sets out to empirically determine the threshold level of inflation in South Africa. This …. The results show that the inflation threshold level occurs at 4 percent. At inflation levels below and up to 4 percent …

inflation data. Design/methodology/approach – The conventional approach for assessing the degree of persistence within an … inflation process is via its integration properties. This study makes use of univariate threshold autoregressive (TAR) models … and associated unit root testing procedures to investigate the integration properties of the inflation data. Out …

The inflation crisis of 2008 drew greater attention to the varying experiences of inflation in South Africa and, in … particular, to the fact that different groups within society may have significantly differing inflation experiences. The groups …

Is the SARB’s inflation target of 3-6% compatible with the 6% economic growth objective set by ASGISA? Estimations of … inflation-growth bivariate Threshold Vector Autoregressive with corresponding bivariate Threshold Vector Error Correction (BTVEC …-BTVAR) econometric models for sub-periods coupled with the South African inflation-growth experience between 1960 and 2010; suggest on …