Inflation and unemployment in Uganda (1990—2013):
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2015-08
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Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management.
Abstract
This research based on examining the relationship between inflation and unemployment rates in
Uganda from 1990 -2013 which was guided by three objectives that were establishing the Ie\eI
of inflation rate in Uganda, determination of unemployment rate in Uganda and investigating the
relationship between inflation unemployment rates in Uganda between 1 990-201 3. The stud\
based on quantitative research approach employing the correlation and regression designs. 1 he
findings indicated that inflation rates in the period of 1990 to 2013 had been majorly increasing
with limited stagnations over some years. The prevalence especially from 2007 to 2011 portrays
a worsening economic performance since normal inflation needs to be kept at a single digit.
The researcher found out that Unemployment rate in Uganda. the researcher ~ill observe
whether there was a reduction in Unemployment rate from 2000 to 2002. The rate of
unemployment was further seen increasing with a final stagnation in 2009 to 2012. Results on
the relationship between inflation rate and unemployment from 2002 to 2012 in Uganda
presented a correlation value of 0.059 that is slightly higher than the levels of significance (0.05)
which indicate that there was no significant relationship between inflation rate and
unemployment rate. The ANOVA value of F, 4.416 is larger than the value of significance.
0.059. Therefore, the null hypothesis is accepted. This means that, there is no any correlation
between inflation rate and unemployment rate in Uganda under the period of 1990 to 2013.
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a research report submitted to the college of economics and management as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for award of bachelors of economics and applied statistics of Kampala international university.
Keywords
Inflation, unemployment