Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the causal relationships between inflation, output growth and their uncertainties in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach – The modeling approach allows for structural breaks to avoid the masking of specific impacts. Findings – Based on...

Purpose Since the announcement of the new series of national accounts for India (with base 2011-12) in January 2015, there has been endless controversy over the new gross domestic product (GDP) growth numbers, particularly in respect of growth of Indian manufacturing. The purpose of this paper...

Free trade reform promotes and consolidates businesses’ orientation to international markets. Using a sample of twenty Latin American countries, this study finds support for the hypothesis that higher revealed trade openness implies faster economic growth. However, at low output growth levels,...