Klein, Nir.
Measuring the Potential Output of South Africa Nir Klein. [electronic resource] / Nir Klein. - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011. - 1 online resource (32 p.) - Departmental Papers / Policy Papers . - Departmental Papers / Policy Papers; Departmental Paper ; No. 11/05 .
This paper provides an assessment of the South African potential output for the period 1985-2010 by applying both structural and nonstructural estimation techniques. The analysis suggests that, while potential output growth steadily accelerated in the post-apartheid era to about 3 1/2 percent (1994-2008), it has decelerated considerably following the outbreak of the financial crisis, as was observed in other advanced and emerging economies. While this indicates that, at around -1 1/ 2 percent, the estimated 2010 output gap was lower than previously thought, there is a fair amount of uncertainty regarding its "true" magnitude, reflecting in part the backward looking nature of the estimation methods. The paper concludes that the potential growth is likely to gradually revert to its precrisis pace and the output gap to have closed by early 2012.
1475510144 : 22.00 USD
10.5089/9781475510140.087 doi
Economic Growth
Economic Models
Production Growth
Productivity
Measuring the Potential Output of South Africa Nir Klein. [electronic resource] / Nir Klein. - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011. - 1 online resource (32 p.) - Departmental Papers / Policy Papers . - Departmental Papers / Policy Papers; Departmental Paper ; No. 11/05 .
This paper provides an assessment of the South African potential output for the period 1985-2010 by applying both structural and nonstructural estimation techniques. The analysis suggests that, while potential output growth steadily accelerated in the post-apartheid era to about 3 1/2 percent (1994-2008), it has decelerated considerably following the outbreak of the financial crisis, as was observed in other advanced and emerging economies. While this indicates that, at around -1 1/ 2 percent, the estimated 2010 output gap was lower than previously thought, there is a fair amount of uncertainty regarding its "true" magnitude, reflecting in part the backward looking nature of the estimation methods. The paper concludes that the potential growth is likely to gradually revert to its precrisis pace and the output gap to have closed by early 2012.
1475510144 : 22.00 USD
10.5089/9781475510140.087 doi
Economic Growth
Economic Models
Production Growth
Productivity