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Table 5 Dynamics of interest rates involving quarterly dataset (M1 money growth is used)

From: Monetary and fiscal factors in nominal interest rate variations in Sri Lanka under a deregulated regime

Targeted dependent variable iq1t (of Estimation 5)

Targeted dependent variable iq2t (of Estimation 6)

Parameters

Estimates

t-values

Prob.

Parameters

Estimates

t-values

Prob.

α1

0.164

0.870

0.39

α1

0.355

1.432

0.16

iq1t − 1

0.901

10.28

0.00

iq2t − 1

0.810

7.447

0.00

M1qt − 1

0.500

1.605

0.12

M1qt − 1

0.527

0.953

0.37

Yqt − 1

0.843

1.947

0.06

Yqt − 1

1.254

1.552

0.13

Eqt − 1

1.016

1.811

0.08

Eqt − 1

1.384

1.333

0.19

R 2 = 0.83, \( {\overline{\mathrm{R}}}^2 \) = 0.80, F-statistic = 29.63

R 2 = 0.746, \( {\overline{\mathrm{R}}}^2 \) = 0.703, F-statistic = 17.64

Wald test for Granger causality

Dependent Variable: iq1t

Wald test for Granger causality

Dependent Variable: iq2t

Excluded

Wald test statistic (χ 2)

prob.

Excluded

Wald test statistic (χ 2)

prob.

M1qt

2.577

0.10

M1qt

0.816

0.36

Yqt

3.391

0.05

Yqt

2.408

0.12

Eqt

3.283

0.07

Eqt

1.776

0.18

All:

17.73

0.05

All:

4.248

0.23

  1. Source: Author’s estimation