| dc.description.abstract | This study sought to find out the determinants of inflation in Uganda. The determinants considered in the study
include; supply shocks, policies and demand shock. The study was conducted under 3 objectives; to examine trend
of inflation in Uganda for selected products over the past 5 years, to identify and explain the trend of inflation of
selected products over the past 5 years, to examine the policy interventions in managing inflation in Uganda.
The study used archival design and employed both quantitative and qualitative, panel data of 5 years from 2008 to
2012 was used. The findings from the research revealed that prices increase among different selected products
were high in food prices and low in prices of Transport and communication. Policies like monetary and fiscal were
employed to curb inflation.
The researcher concludes that policies like restrictive monetary and fiscal policies were able to curb on inflation
and recommends recommended that the government should improvement on infrastructures; increase on the
number of exports, adapt of policies like privatization, reduce on interest rates on agricultural loans and
increasing their loan repayment period. | en_US |
