7. Appendix

Table 5: Granger Causality results from the three log models examined.

RHPCRDI PCSVUR
A: FFF-VECM in logs
Real house prices-2.080.095.35**5.53**
Cash rate2.05-7.37***1.260.95
Disp. inc. PC2.79*3.83*-0.195.34**
Sales volume17.39***5.19**0.53-0.66
Unemployment rate2.93*0.6810.33***2.97*-
B: VAR in log first-differences
Real house prices-2.98*0.135.17**12.77***
Cash rate0.11-11.02***4.81**1.26
Disp. inc. PC0.729.05***-3.16*6.15**
Sales volume37.64***0.060.67-1.03
Unemployment rate1.491.1310.39***4.90**-
C: FFF-VAR in log first-differences
Real house prices-1.660.126.59**10.59***
Cash rate0.05-10.74***7.10***1.18
Disp. inc. PC0.798.44***-4.04**5.62**
Sales volume38.31***0.340.63-0.97
Unemployment rate1.841.4010.484.72**-

Note: The VECM in logs did not have all inverse roots within the unit circle, so it is not reported here. Each element is the F-statistic that the row variable Granger-causes the column variable. The following abbreviations apply. RHP: Real House Price index, CR: Cash rate, DI PC: Disposable income per capita, SV: Sales volume, UR: Unemployment rate. Significance: 10%*, 5%**, 1%***.

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