Are International Food Price Spikes the Source of Egypt's High Inflation?
This paper examines whether domestic inflation spikes in Egypt during 2001-2011 were primarily the result of external food price shocks. To estimate the pass-through of international food price inflation to domestic price inflation, two different m...
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okr-10986-120212021-04-23T14:02:58Z Are International Food Price Spikes the Source of Egypt's High Inflation? Al-Shawarby, Sherine Selim, Hoda ADMINISTERED PRICES ADVANCED ECONOMIES AGRICULTURE BEHAVIOR OF PRICES BUDGET DEFICIT CAPITAL INFLOWS CAPITALIST ECONOMIES CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL BANKS CEREALS COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMER PROTECTION CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CORE INFLATION CYCLICAL FLUCTUATIONS DEFLATION DEPOSITS DEPRECIATION DETERMINANTS OF INFLATION DEVALUATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC INFLATION DOMESTIC PRICE DOMESTIC PRICE INFLATION DOMESTIC PRICE LEVEL DOMESTIC PRICES DUMMY VARIABLE DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE RATES EMERGING ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKETS EMERGING MARKETS ECONOMIES ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES ENERGY PRICES EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE ANCHOR EXCHANGE RATE PEG EXOGENOUS VARIABLE EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPENDITURE EXTERNAL SHOCK EXTERNAL SHOCKS FEDERAL RESERVE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK FISCAL BALANCES FISCAL POLICY FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICE INFLATION FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLY FOREIGN ASSETS FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN PRICE LEVEL FRUITS GROWTH RATES HIGH INFLATION IMPORT IMPORT PRICES INCOME INCOME TAX INFLATION DYNAMICS INFLATION EXPECTATIONS INFLATION MEASURE INFLATION MEASURES INFLATION MOVEMENTS INFLATION RATE INFLATION TARGETING INFLATIONARY PRESSURES INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS INTERNATIONAL INFLATION INTERNATIONAL PRICE INTERNATIONAL PRICES LIQUIDITY LOCAL CURRENCY MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES MONETARY AUTHORITIES MONETARY POLICY MONETARY POLICY FRAMEWORK MONETARY POLICY FRAMEWORKS NOMINAL ANCHOR NOMINAL EXCHANGE RATE OIL PRICE OUTPUT OUTPUT GAP POLITICAL ECONOMY POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE ADJUSTMENT PRICE ADJUSTMENTS PRICE CHANGES PRICE INCREASES PRICE INDEX PRICE INDICES PRICE LEVEL PRICE RIGIDITY PRICE STABILITY PRICE VOLATILITY PRICING STRATEGIES PRODUCER PRICE PRODUCER PRICE INDEX REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL EXPORTS REAL INTEREST RATES REJECTION RELATIVE PRICE RETAIL RETAILING ROBUSTNESS CHECKS SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATES STANDARD DEVIATION STEEL SUPPLY SHOCKS TAX RATES TRACK RECORD VARIANCE-COVARIANCE MATRIX VEGETABLES VOLATILITY WEIGHTS WFP WHEAT WORLD ECONOMY This paper examines whether domestic inflation spikes in Egypt during 2001-2011 were primarily the result of external food price shocks. To estimate the pass-through of international food price inflation to domestic price inflation, two different methodologies are used: a two-step regression model estimates the pass-through in the long run, and a vector autoregression model provides the short-run estimates. The empirical evidence confirms that pass-through is high in the short term, but not in the long run. More precisely, the results show that (i) long-run pass-through to domestic food inflation is relatively low, lying between 13 and 16 percent, while the long-term spill-over from domestic food inflation to core inflation is moderate, lying around 60 percent; (ii) in the short term, pass-through is relatively high, estimated around 29 percent after 6 months and around two-thirds after a year, but the spill-over effect to core inflation is limited; (iii) international food price shocks explain only a small portion of domestic inflation shocks in both the short and long terms; and (iv) international price inflation has asymmetric effects on domestic prices. 2012-12-21T20:57:17Z 2012-12-21T20:57:17Z 2012-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16620776/international-food-price-spikes-source-egypts-high-inflation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12021 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;6177 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Egypt, Arab Republic of |
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ADMINISTERED PRICES ADVANCED ECONOMIES AGRICULTURE BEHAVIOR OF PRICES BUDGET DEFICIT CAPITAL INFLOWS CAPITALIST ECONOMIES CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL BANKS CEREALS COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMER PROTECTION CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CORE INFLATION CYCLICAL FLUCTUATIONS DEFLATION DEPOSITS DEPRECIATION DETERMINANTS OF INFLATION DEVALUATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC INFLATION DOMESTIC PRICE DOMESTIC PRICE INFLATION DOMESTIC PRICE LEVEL DOMESTIC PRICES DUMMY VARIABLE DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE RATES EMERGING ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKETS EMERGING MARKETS ECONOMIES ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES ENERGY PRICES EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE ANCHOR EXCHANGE RATE PEG EXOGENOUS VARIABLE EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPENDITURE EXTERNAL SHOCK EXTERNAL SHOCKS FEDERAL RESERVE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK FISCAL BALANCES FISCAL POLICY FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICE INFLATION FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLY FOREIGN ASSETS FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN PRICE LEVEL FRUITS GROWTH RATES HIGH INFLATION IMPORT IMPORT PRICES INCOME INCOME TAX INFLATION DYNAMICS INFLATION EXPECTATIONS INFLATION MEASURE INFLATION MEASURES INFLATION MOVEMENTS INFLATION RATE INFLATION TARGETING INFLATIONARY PRESSURES INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS INTERNATIONAL INFLATION INTERNATIONAL PRICE INTERNATIONAL PRICES LIQUIDITY LOCAL CURRENCY MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES MONETARY AUTHORITIES MONETARY POLICY MONETARY POLICY FRAMEWORK MONETARY POLICY FRAMEWORKS NOMINAL ANCHOR NOMINAL EXCHANGE RATE OIL PRICE OUTPUT OUTPUT GAP POLITICAL ECONOMY POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE ADJUSTMENT PRICE ADJUSTMENTS PRICE CHANGES PRICE INCREASES PRICE INDEX PRICE INDICES PRICE LEVEL PRICE RIGIDITY PRICE STABILITY PRICE VOLATILITY PRICING STRATEGIES PRODUCER PRICE PRODUCER PRICE INDEX REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL EXPORTS REAL INTEREST RATES REJECTION RELATIVE PRICE RETAIL RETAILING ROBUSTNESS CHECKS SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATES STANDARD DEVIATION STEEL SUPPLY SHOCKS TAX RATES TRACK RECORD VARIANCE-COVARIANCE MATRIX VEGETABLES VOLATILITY WEIGHTS WFP WHEAT WORLD ECONOMY |
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ADMINISTERED PRICES ADVANCED ECONOMIES AGRICULTURE BEHAVIOR OF PRICES BUDGET DEFICIT CAPITAL INFLOWS CAPITALIST ECONOMIES CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL BANKS CEREALS COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMER PROTECTION CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CORE INFLATION CYCLICAL FLUCTUATIONS DEFLATION DEPOSITS DEPRECIATION DETERMINANTS OF INFLATION DEVALUATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC INFLATION DOMESTIC PRICE DOMESTIC PRICE INFLATION DOMESTIC PRICE LEVEL DOMESTIC PRICES DUMMY VARIABLE DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE RATES EMERGING ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKETS EMERGING MARKETS ECONOMIES ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES ENERGY PRICES EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE ANCHOR EXCHANGE RATE PEG EXOGENOUS VARIABLE EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPENDITURE EXTERNAL SHOCK EXTERNAL SHOCKS FEDERAL RESERVE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK FISCAL BALANCES FISCAL POLICY FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICE INFLATION FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLY FOREIGN ASSETS FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN PRICE LEVEL FRUITS GROWTH RATES HIGH INFLATION IMPORT IMPORT PRICES INCOME INCOME TAX INFLATION DYNAMICS INFLATION EXPECTATIONS INFLATION MEASURE INFLATION MEASURES INFLATION MOVEMENTS INFLATION RATE INFLATION TARGETING INFLATIONARY PRESSURES INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS INTERNATIONAL INFLATION INTERNATIONAL PRICE INTERNATIONAL PRICES LIQUIDITY LOCAL CURRENCY MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES MONETARY AUTHORITIES MONETARY POLICY MONETARY POLICY FRAMEWORK MONETARY POLICY FRAMEWORKS NOMINAL ANCHOR NOMINAL EXCHANGE RATE OIL PRICE OUTPUT OUTPUT GAP POLITICAL ECONOMY POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE ADJUSTMENT PRICE ADJUSTMENTS PRICE CHANGES PRICE INCREASES PRICE INDEX PRICE INDICES PRICE LEVEL PRICE RIGIDITY PRICE STABILITY PRICE VOLATILITY PRICING STRATEGIES PRODUCER PRICE PRODUCER PRICE INDEX REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL EXPORTS REAL INTEREST RATES REJECTION RELATIVE PRICE RETAIL RETAILING ROBUSTNESS CHECKS SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATES STANDARD DEVIATION STEEL SUPPLY SHOCKS TAX RATES TRACK RECORD VARIANCE-COVARIANCE MATRIX VEGETABLES VOLATILITY WEIGHTS WFP WHEAT WORLD ECONOMY Al-Shawarby, Sherine Selim, Hoda Are International Food Price Spikes the Source of Egypt's High Inflation? |
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Middle East and North Africa Egypt, Arab Republic of |
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Policy Research Working Paper;6177 |
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This paper examines whether domestic
inflation spikes in Egypt during 2001-2011 were primarily
the result of external food price shocks. To estimate the
pass-through of international food price inflation to
domestic price inflation, two different methodologies are
used: a two-step regression model estimates the pass-through
in the long run, and a vector autoregression model provides
the short-run estimates. The empirical evidence confirms
that pass-through is high in the short term, but not in the
long run. More precisely, the results show that (i) long-run
pass-through to domestic food inflation is relatively low,
lying between 13 and 16 percent, while the long-term
spill-over from domestic food inflation to core inflation is
moderate, lying around 60 percent; (ii) in the short term,
pass-through is relatively high, estimated around 29 percent
after 6 months and around two-thirds after a year, but the
spill-over effect to core inflation is limited; (iii)
international food price shocks explain only a small portion
of domestic inflation shocks in both the short and long
terms; and (iv) international price inflation has asymmetric
effects on domestic prices. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Al-Shawarby, Sherine Selim, Hoda |
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Al-Shawarby, Sherine Selim, Hoda |
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Al-Shawarby, Sherine |
| title |
Are International Food Price Spikes the Source of Egypt's High Inflation? |
| title_short |
Are International Food Price Spikes the Source of Egypt's High Inflation? |
| title_full |
Are International Food Price Spikes the Source of Egypt's High Inflation? |
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Are International Food Price Spikes the Source of Egypt's High Inflation? |
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Are International Food Price Spikes the Source of Egypt's High Inflation? |
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are international food price spikes the source of egypt's high inflation? |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16620776/international-food-price-spikes-source-egypts-high-inflation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12021 |
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