This study aims to determine the significant influence of SBI interest rate, inflation rate, stock price index and foreign exchange (KLSI and HSI) on return of equity mutual funds of 2008-2012 periods. From the calculation results as follows: a) SBI rate, inflation rate, stock price index and...

The paper investigates the importance of inflation-linked annuities to individuals facing inflation risk. Given the investment opportunities in nominal, real, and variable annuities, as well as cash and stocks, we investigate the consumption and investment decisions under two different objective...

Recent empirical evidence indicates that two inflation thresholds exist in the inflation-growth relationship. Pre-existing theoretical models, however, fail to generate such a pattern. By adding consumption loans (which are non-productive) into a standard model of imperfect information, this...