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AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FISCAL DEFICITS AND SELECTED MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES IN NIGERIA, 1970 – 2011
Abstract: This study investigates the relationship that exists between the Government Deficit Spending and selected macroeconomic variables such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Exchange Rate, Inflation, Money Supply and Lending Interest Rate. The period covered is 1970 (when the civil war ended) and 2011. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) technique was adopted to analyze the relationships. The study concludes that Government Deficit Spending (GDS) has positive significant relationship with GDP. Government Deficit Spending also has positive significant relationship with Exchange Rate, Inflation, and Money Supply. Government Deficit has negative significant relationship with Lending Interest Rate and most likely crowd-out the private sector by raising the cost of funds. Deficit spending has been known to have adverse effects on the economy and government is advised to curtail excessive deficit spending. It is recommended that further research is done to establish other variables that are affected by government deficit spending.
Keywords: Government Deficit Spending, Procyclical, Crowd-out, Keynesian Demand Economies, Inflationary dynamics, Seigniorage.