The Response of Output of Manufacturing PDF
The Response of Output of Manufacturing PDF
The Response of Output of Manufacturing PDF
Volume 6 Issue 07, July 2018 ISSN: 2321-1784 Impact Factor: 6.178
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ABSTRACT
KEY WORDS: Output of Manufacturing; Gross Domestic Product; Interest rate ; ARDL Model
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The manufacturing sector, being a capital intensive sector, with longer gestation period
and return on investment (ROI) needs special attention and treatment to maintain
favourable business environments and promote economic growth of the country. The low
share of the manufacturing sector in GDP reflects long- standing problems of
competiveness. The loss of competitiveness of Nigerian industry appeared during the oil
boom period of the early 1970’s with resulting real appreciation of the exchange rate
which led to surge in imports. The inability to compete with imports can also be traced to
high cost of production caused by poor infrastructure and a deficient business
environment. The problems include power shortages, poor transport infrastructure,
widespread insecurity and crime, lack of access to finance, corruption and inefficient trade
facilitation institutions.
Empirical evidence showed that the share of manufacturing value added in the gross
domestic product (GDP) was only 3.2 percent in 1960. Manufacturing production rose to
annual average rate of 25.6 percent between 1974 and 1977, while its share of GDP
increased from 5.4 percent in 1977 to 13 percent in 1982. After this time manufacturing
activities dropped sharply as a result of a fall in foreign exchange inflows which weakened
the ability of manufacturers to import needed inputs. As a result of this development,
manufacturing output fell by an average of 3 percent between 1981 and 1986 and the share
in GDP fell to 5.9, 5.5, 6.9, and 6.2 percent in 1989, 1991, 1993, and 1998 respectively
while overall manufacturing capacity utilization rate fluctuated downwards to 32.4 percent
in 1998. In spite of the spirited efforts made to boost manufactured exports under SAP, the
sub sector did not make any significant contribution to the growth of the economy (Chizea,
2002.).In view of these,the researcher resolved toascertain the long run relationship
between manufacturing output growth and economic growth of Nigeria using data for the
periods of 1986-2013.The remaining part of this paper is divided into review of empirical
literature for part two, methodology for part three, Data presentation, analysis and
interpretation of results for part four, and Conclusion and recommendations for part five.
Economic Growth and the Manufacturing sector, has been studied In Latin America, for
example, Libanio (2006) discussed the importance of manufacturing industry for the
growth trajectories of developing countries from a Kaldorian perspective. The author
focused on the relationship between manufacturing output growth and economic
performance from Kaldorian perspective using simple regression analysis. Result indicated
a close relationship between the growth of the manufacturing output and the growth of
gross domestic product (GDP) in Latin America.
Obute (2012) assessed the impact of interest rate deregulation on economic growth in
Nigeria. The objective of the research were to establish the relationship that exists between
deregulated interest rates and economic growth through savings and investment in Nigeria,
and also to make a comparative analysis between the impact of regulated and deregulated
interest rates on economic growth in Nigeria. It was hypothesized that interest rates
deregulation do not have significant influence on economic growth in Nigeria. The
research used Time series data, sourced mainly from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
bulletin and World Bank data base. Four separate models were estimated to capture the
relationship between; Real Deposit Rate (RDR) and Total Savings (TS) (Model 1), Real
Lending Rate (RLR) and investment (INV) (Model 2), INV and economic growth (Model
3), and, RLR and economic growth (RGDP) (Model 4) for both the deregulation era
(1987-2009) and the regulation era (1964-1986). The study revealed that RDR does not
have significant impact on total savings before and after the deregulation exercise, RLR
also does not have significant impact on investment before and after the deregulation
exercise, investment has a positive and significant impact on economic growth before and
after the deregulation of interest rate, and, RLR does not have a significant impact on
economic growth before and after the deregulation exercise.
Imoisi (2012) studied the impact of interest and exchange rates on the Nigerian economy
from 1975-2008. Data for the variables were collected from the CBN statistical bulletin.
The study employed the ordinary least square (OLS) technique in the analysis but due to
the fact that data are not stationary, a unit root test was employed; it further resorted to co-
integration analysis which establishes the existence of a long run relationship between the
variables in the models. From their findings they discovered that an increase in interest rate
retards investment and subsequently economic growth; and the lag one of exchange rate
shows the expected positive sign, implying that depreciation in exchange rate retarded
growth from 1975 to 2008. Thus, interest and exchange rates exerted negative impact on
the Nigerian economy during the period under review.
Irungu and Muturi (2015) used descriptive statistics, correlation and multiple regression
analysis to examine the relationship between macroeconomic variables and financial
performance of firms quoted in the energy and allied sector in the Nairobi Securities
Exchange. The authors considered macroeconomic variables such as inflation rate,
Exchange rate, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Interest rate and stock index. They used
annual time series data extracted from Central Bank of Kenya, Kenya National Bureau of
Statistics and published annual financial statements from the NSE for the period of 2009 to
2014, and found out that macroeconomic factors have pronounced influence on the
financial performance of firms quoted in the energy and allied sector in the Nairobi
Securities Exchange.
Olweny and Omondi (2011) sought to find out the influence of macroeconomic factors on
the performance of the stock market. The study employed ordinary least squares (OLS)
multiple regression analysis and discovered that foreign exchange rate, interest rate and
inflation rate have a significant effect on stock return volatility.
Ochieng and Oriwo (2012) empirically examined the relationship between macroeconomic
variables and all share index on NSE. Macroeconomic indicators were operationalized as
interest rate, inflation rate and 91 day Treasury bill rate. Multi linear regression analysis
was applied and the study found that there is a negative significant relationship between 91
Treasury bill rate and stock return. Moreover, there was an inverse significant relationship
between inflation rate and stock returns.
all the identified explanatory variables. Industrial sector as dependent variable is proxied
by real GDP, while Commercial Banks’ Loan and Advances to Industrial Sector (BLM),
Aggregate Saving (SAV), Interest rate(INT), Inflation Rate (INF) are the independent
variables. This suggests that the behavior of real Gross Domestic Product contributed by
industrial sector in Nigeria is significantly explained by the commercial banks’ loan and
advances to industrial sector, aggregate saving, interest rate and inflation rate. The findings
implies that every action towards infrastructural development, strengthening of
commercial banks, deregulation of interest rate, encouragement of saving among rural
dwellers and reduction of inflation rate will boost the performance of industrial sector
significantly. Prominent among the obstacles facing the performance of manufacturing
sector in Nigeria is the lack of effectively bank credits to the manufacturing sector of the
economy. The banks especially the commercial ones have not been contributing
effectively to the output of manufacturing sector of the economy. This study takes into
cognizance the problems of manufacturing the range of one understanding of something,
or awareness of something) Sector in Nigeria. Besides, it looks into the various economics
effects of inefficiency of bank credits to the manufacturing sector in Nigeria over the
period of 1989-2009, using the Nigerian data set. The study employed the ordinary least
square regression method.
Obamuyi, Eden, and Kayode (2011) investigated the effect of bank lending and economic
growth on the manufacturing output in Nigeria using multiple regression model. They
used times series data covering a period of 36 years (1973-2009). They employed co
integration and vector error correction model (VECM) techniques. The findings of the
study showed that manufacturing capacity utilization and bank lending rates significantly
affect manufacturing output in Nigeria. However, the relationship between manufacturing
output and economic growth could not be established in the country.
Osoro and Ogeto (2014) analyzed the effects of macroeconomic fluctuations on the
financial performance of manufacturing firms in Kenya. They used secondary data
extracted from the Nairobi Stock Exchange and the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics;
2003-2012. Using the multivariate regression model, theauthors among other findings
provided enough evidence that foreign exchange, interest rate and inflation rate have
significant effects on the performance of the firms in the construction and manufacturing
sectors in Kenya.
Njoroge (2013) investigated the relationship between interest rate and firm performance
among listed companies in NSE. The study employed judgmental sampling technique to
select all companies which were actively trading in 2008 to 2013 and ordinary least
squares(OLS) regression analysis. The findings revealed a positive but not significant
relationship between interest rate and return on equity.
3.0 METHODOLOGY
The dynamic Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bound test model for data series
which are integrated was used. Relevant diagnostic tests such as unit root test,
autocorrelation test, and other higher diagnostic tests were considered. Annual time series
secondary data for the period of 1986-2013 was used. The data was extracted from the
central bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical bulletin Research design adopted was ex-post
facto since the study is relied on historical data.
The basic unit ADF root model (Dickey and Fuller, 1979; 1981) is specified as follows:
Yt = Pyt-1 + et - - - - - - - - - (3.1)
Where,
P=1
However, the researcher regressed Yt on its (one period) lagged value yt-1 and find out if
estimated p is statistically equal to 1.Additional lag terms were also included to ensure that
the errors are uncorrelated. The decision was based on 5% level of significance.
Where,
𝛼0 = Constant term
t = time
The annual time series data on output of manufacturing sector gross domestic product and
interest rate for the periods (1986-2013) were presented in table 1 below
11
10
2
86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12
The trend (line) graph of the variables under investigation indicates that OMS and GDP
are on a steady rise within the period. The interest rate shows a fluctuating decline from
2004 to 2013. However, from the graph, growth in GDP is envisaged to cause growth in
output of manufacturing sector and vice versa.
The descriptive statistics result indicates that the variables are not volatile (with low
standard deviation). The skewness result shows that all the variables are negatively with
interest rate having excess kurtosis (k>3). Jarque-Bera test of normality of the data series
indicates that the dataset comes from a normal and smooth distribution.
The ADF unit root test results in table 2 shows that the ADF statistics of the variables were
more negative than the critical values at 5% hence, they are said to be integrated of order
one (i.e., I(1)).In other words, they are stationary at first differencing.
F-statistic 2.781423 2
Source: Researcher’s Extract from E-views 9.0 output (See Appendix III)
The ARDL bound test of long run relationship is guided by the decision rules as stated
below:
F-statistic > Upper bound = Cointegration,
F-statistic < Lower bound = No cointegration,
F-statistic between Upper and Lower bound = Inconclusive,
The ARDL bound test with F-statistic = 2.78< lower bounds at 10%, 5%, 2.5% and 1%
levels of significance indicates that there is no long run relationship between output of
manufacturing sector and economic growth in Nigeria.
-.58
-.60
-.62
-.64
-.66
-.68
ARDL(4, 1, 2)
ARDL(1, 1, 1)
ARDL(4, 1, 1)
ARDL(4, 1, 3)
ARDL(4, 2, 2)
ARDL(4, 2, 3)
ARDL(1, 1, 2)
ARDL(2, 1, 1)
ARDL(1, 2, 1)
ARDL(1, 2, 2)
ARDL(1, 4, 1)
ARDL(2, 1, 2)
ARDL(4, 3, 2)
ARDL(1, 4, 2)
ARDL(4, 2, 1)
ARDL(1, 4, 4)
ARDL(3, 1, 1)
ARDL(4, 1, 4)
ARDL(1, 1, 3)
From the model selection graph, it was ascertained that the best model for this relationship ARDL(4, 2, 4)
is ARDL (4, 1, 2). This is Ln(OMS) at lag 4, Ln(GDP) at lag 1, and Ln(INTR) at lag 2.
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APPENDIX 1
Observations 28 28 28
APPENDIX II
t-Statistic Prob.*
t-Statistic Prob.*
t-Statistic Prob.*
APPENDIX III
F-statistic 2.781423 2
Test Equation:
Dependent Variable: D(LNOMS)
Method: Least Squares
Sample: 1990 2013
Included observations: 24
APPENDIX IV