Empirical Investigation of Relationship between Oil Price and Inflation: The case of India

• Main Authors: Zafar Ahmad Sultan, Tarek Tawfek Yousef Alkhateeb, Mahmoud Mohamed Fawaz
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: EconJournals 2020-03-01
• Series: International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy
• Online Access: https://econjournals.com/index.php/ijeep/article/view/9015

<p>India is once again facing the problem of rising price of crude oil since 2017 after enjoying low price since 2014. This period has also witnessed moderate rate of inflation in the economy. It is argued that rise in crude oil price also affect the inflation level in the country. The paper using data from 1970 to 2017 intends to examine the relationship between oil price and inflation level in the country. The paper has used Johansen cointegration method to investigate the long run association between the two. It is found that oil price does affect the inflation level in India both in the short run as well as in the long run. In a situation when country is facing problem of decreasing demand for consumption as well as of investment, rise in oil price and its pass through in the form rise in general price level may further deepen the crisis. To increase the demand and keeping the inflation at moderate level the government needs to manage the domestic oil price without transferring the burden on the people. In this light, the government is also required to incentivise the development of alternate source of energy and the technology to economise the use of energy.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Oil Price, Inflation, Cointegration.</p><p><strong>JEL Classification: </strong>E</p><p>DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.9015">https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.9015</a></p>