CINXE.COM
TY - JFULL AU - Ehigiamusoe and Uyi Kizito PY - 2013/1/ TI - The Link between Money Market and Economic Growth in Nigeria: Vector Error Correction Model Approach T2 - International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering SP - 3075 EP - 3084 VL - 7 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9996702 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 84, 2013 N2 - The paper examines the impact of money market on economic growth in Nigeria using data for the period 1980-2012. Econometrics techniques such as Ordinary Least Squares Method, Johanson’s Co-integration Test and Vector Error Correction Model were used to examine both the long-run and short-run relationship. Evidence from the study suggest that though a long-run relationship exists between money market and economic growth, but the present state of the Nigerian money market is significantly and negatively related to economic growth. The link between the money market and the real sector of the economy remains very weak. This implies that the market is not yet developed enough to produce the needed growth that will propel the Nigerian economy because of several challenges. It was therefore recommended that government should create the appropriate macroeconomic policies, legal framework and sustain the present reforms with a view to developing the market so as to promote productive activities, investments, and ultimately economic growth. ER -