The Reciprocal Relationship between the Domestic Credit and the Rate of Inflation and Interest in Jordan for the periods 1991-2016

Abstract

This research aims to study the correlation between the domestic credit, provided to the private sector as a percentage of the gross domestic production GDP, and the nominal interest rate and the inflation rate in Jordan for the periods 1991-2016. The research adopts the autoregressive distributed lag model ARDL, using the augmented Dicky Fuller test, Granger causality test, and the long term and short term capabilities test of the model. The study found that there is a significant inverse relationship from the domestic credit to the nominal interest rate and the inflation rate. The results of the Boud Test were not decisive; so there is not possible to establish a common integration relationship and a long term equilibrium relationship between the variables.