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Author/Editor:
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Hasan, Maher ; Alogeel, Hesham
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Publication Date:
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August 01, 2008
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The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate
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Summary:
This paper investigates the factors that affect inflation in the GCC region by examining the inflationary processes in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The paper utilizes a model that accounts for foreign factors affecting inflation, such as trading partners' inflation and exchange rate pass-through effect, as well as domestic influences. The analysis concludes that, in the long run, higher inflation in trading partners' countries is the main driving force for inflation in the two countries, with significant but lower contributions from the exchange rate pass-through effect and oil prices. Demand and money supply shocks affect inflation in the short run.
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Series:
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Working Paper No. 08/193
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Subject(s):
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Inflation | Saudi Arabia | Kuwait | Money supply | Exchange rate stability | Bilateral trade | Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf
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Author's Keyword(s):
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Inflation | trading partners’ inflation | pass-through effect | demand shocks | excess
money supply | error correction model (ECM). |
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