Table 11.
Philip-perron And Augmented Dickey Fuller Unit root tests for Ghana.
| With Constant | With Constant & Trend | Without Constant & Trend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Level (Philip-Perron) | ||||||
| Variables | t-stat | Prob | t-stat | Prob | t-stat | Prob |
| Volatility | −5.8969*** | 0.0000 | −5.7212*** | 0.0001 | −1.8691* | 0.0593 |
| Inflation | −3.8434*** | 0.0047 | −3.7817** | 0.0259 | −0.6507 | 0.4304 |
| Exchange Rate | −0.7093 | 0.8349 | −1.5038 | 0.8151 | 1.4355 | 0.9607 |
| Producers Price | −0.9995 | 0.7466 | −2.3622 | 0.3941 | −3.0423*** | 0.0030 |
| At First Difference (PP) | ||||||
| Volatility | −13.3625*** | 0.0000 | −14.5684*** | 0.0000 | −13.3664*** | 0.0000 |
| Inflation | −18.1994*** | 0.0000 | −17.7636*** | 0.0000 | −17.9554*** | 0.0000 |
| Exchange Rate | −6.2048*** | 0.0000 | −6.1686*** | 0.0000 | −5.2379*** | 0.0000 |
| Producers Price | −6.8431*** | 0.0000 | −6.7995*** | 0.0000 | −6.1684*** | 0.0000 |
| At Level | (ADF) | |||||
| Volatility | −5.8182*** | 0.0000 | −5.6977*** | 0.0001 | −1.4824 | 0.1277 |
| Inflation | −4.0660*** | 0.0025 | −4.6359*** | 0.0027 | −0.2858 | 0.5777 |
| Exchange Rate | −0.7018 | 0.8368 | −1.3242 | 0.8703 | 1.9299 | 0.9861 |
| Producers Price | −1.0406 | 0.7317 | −2.3622 | 0.3941 | −2.4105** | 0.0168 |
| At First | difference | (ADF) | ||||
| Volatility | −10.1757*** | 0.0000 | −10.2003*** | 0.0000 | −10.2568*** | 0.0000 |
| Inflation | −7.7457*** | 0.0000 | −7.7014*** | 0.0000 | −7.8270*** | 0.0000 |
| Exchange Rate | −6.2079*** | 0.0000 | −6.1730*** | 0.0000 | −5.1524*** | 0.0000 |
| Producers Price | −6.7059*** | 0.0000 | −6.6570*** | 0.0000 | −6.1684*** | 0.0000 |
***, ** & * represents significance at the 1 %, 5 % and 10 % level of probability respectively.
Source: Author's computation, 2023