Determinants of Inflation in Syria During The Period (1990-2010)

This research investigates the main factors (domestic and foreign) affecting inflation rate in Syria. Choosing the factors is based on the analysis of the major economic hypothesis concerning inflation determinants such as: excess purchasing power, cost push inflation, foreign inflation. By using OLS method, we find long run function, and it shows that the excess purchasing power has no significant effect on inflation rate. The error correction model shows that high cost rate has the biggest effect on inflation rate in the short run.

Determinants of National saving in Syria Econometric Study (1980-2012)

Saving is an important indicator of economic development as it is an element which finances domestic investment to achieve economic growth. The purpose of this research is to determine the variables that affect Syria’s national savings, by testing the expected variables, applying the unit root test on the time series of the variables, then using the Johansen cointegration test and an error correction model. The conclusion is that inflation and real economic growth positively affect national saving whereas national disposable income has a negative effect. The speed of adjustment is significant and 100% which indicates that there is cointegration between the variables of the study and national savings.