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Investigating the effects of lower oil prices on aggregate U.S. output and household consumption

M'Kadmi, Sigurd Nour; Meyer, Martin Dahl
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2017
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  • Master of Science [1116]
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In the last decade, there has been a gradual structural shift occurring in the U.S.

economic landscape. Decreasing oil imports coupled with a booming oil sector and

increased crude oil exports, implies that the oil sector now represents an increasingly

larger part of total U.S. GDP. In light of the fracking revolution and the recent oil

price decline of 2014, this thesis utilizes a SVAR model to study the effects of lower

oil prices on U.S. real GDP and PCE. In so doing, we aim to investigate whether the

transmission of an oil shock to U.S. economic activity has changed. Our analysis of

the historical decomposition with data ranging from 1975-2016 suggests that the

transmission of an oil shock remains unchanged. This is in line with findings made by

Baumeister and Kilian (2016). Despite these findings, the effects of an oil price

decline on U.S. real GDP and PCE are different when considering the recent changes

in the U.S. economic landscape. Our findings suggest that an oil price decline has a

significantly negative effect on both GDP and PCE post 2000. This is attributed to a

number of changes; The increased importance of the oil sector as a contributor to

U.S. GDP implies that reduced investments in the oil sector, as a consequence of

lower oil prices, adversely affect GDP growth. Further, following the financial crisis,

the FED rate was reduced close to the zero lower bound, effectively constraining the

power of the FED to influence economic activity. Finally, a general cooldown of

global economic activity implies reduced demand for American goods.
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Masteroppgave(MSc) in Master of Science in Business, Economics - Handelshøyskolen BI, 2017
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BI Norwegian Business School

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