Table 6: Coefficients from Four-equation Model Estimated for 1962:Q1–2004:Q4
Dependent variable | ||||||||||||
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Nominal federal funds rate | ||||||||||||
Lags included |
Inflation rate |
1960:Q1–1979:Q2 ‘Burns’ AR(1) correction? |
1979:Q2–1990:Q2 ‘Volcker’ AR(1) correction? |
1990:Q3–2004:Q4 ‘Greenspan’ AR(1) correction? |
Δ output gap | Unemployment gap | ||||||
No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||||
Note: ** and * indicate that coefficient or sum of coefficients
is significant at the 1 and 5 per cent levels, respectively. Source: author's calculations |
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Endogenous variables | ||||||||||||
Inflation | 1–24 | 0.98** | ||||||||||
Inflation minus | ||||||||||||
inflation target | 0–1 | 0.45** | 0.66** | 1.46** | 1.55** | 1.43** | 0.57* | |||||
Δ inflation rate | 1–4 | 0.17 | ||||||||||
Federal funds rate error term | 1 | 0.89** | 0.70** | 1.00** | ||||||||
Δ federal funds rate | 2–10 | −1.06** | ||||||||||
Level of unemployment gap | 0–4 | −0.63** | ||||||||||
Level of output gap | 0–1 | 0.24** | 0.49** | −0.03 | 0.11 | 0.95** | 0.60** | |||||
Level of output gap | 0–2 | −0.52** | ||||||||||
Exogenous variables | ||||||||||||
Relative price of imports | 1–4 | 0.11** | ||||||||||
Food-energy effect | 0–4 | 0.65** | ||||||||||
Medical care effect | 1–4 | 1.12** | ||||||||||
Productivity trend acceleration | 0 | −0.62* | ||||||||||
Nixon controls ‘on’ | 0 | −1.45** | ||||||||||
Nixon controls ‘off’ | 0 | 2.19** | ||||||||||
2 | 0.90 | 0.62 | 0.91 | 0.69 | 0.82 | 0.31 | 0.95 | 0.20 | 0.88 | |||
Standard error of estimate | 0.76 | 1.50 | 0.74 | 1.70 | 1.37 | 1.56 | 0.39 | 0.75 | 0.50 | |||
Sum of squared residuals | 82.3 | 165.9 | 39.85 | 126.7 | 71.2 | 130.9 | 7.9 | 87.2 | 41.7 |