...Naser Yenus Nuru Purpose This study investigates the asymmetric effects of monetary policy shocks on unemployment in South Africa, aiming to understand whether expansionary and contractionary monetary interventions have differing impacts on labor market outcomes. Design/methodology/approach...

...Shuvo Kumar Mallik Purpose The study investigates the influence of monetary policy on the performance of the commercial bank Malawi Balance Sheet. Design/methodology/approach The study employed an explanatory research design using time series data obtained from financial reports of commercial...

...Isaac Boadi; Ernest Sogah; Freeman Christian Gborse; Stephen Kweku Ackon Purpose The aim of the study is to investigate the relationship between monetary policy and public debt sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Design/methodology/approach For the econometrics estimations, we adopted...

...Rachid Ouchchikh; Khalil Belghouat; Ahmed Ait Bari Purpose This paper examines the effects of monetary policy and the interdependencies between the real economy, the financial sector and monetary variables. Design/methodology/approach The authors employ the continuous wavelet transform...

...Kordzo Sedegah; Nicholas M. Odhiambo; Simplice Asongu Purpose The present study complements the extant studies by empirically assessing the relevance of monetary policy in moderating the effect of oil price and terms of trade (TOT) on economic performance in non-WAEMU countries for the period 2000...

... by considering the endogeneity of the credit risk premium and modeling its dynamics. Since the refinancing cost is the policy rate, it depends on macroeconomic conditions. As an instrument of monetary policy for maintaining price stability, it is essentially derived from two variables: the deviation...

...Eugene Msizi Buthelezi Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the interplay between fiscal dominance and monetary policy in South Africa from 1960 to 2023. Design/methodology/approach The study employs a structural vector autoregression (SVAR) medel to analyze the relationship...

... presents the inflation gap for Ghana under the IT regime [2] . It is evident from Figure 1 that the inflation gap has remained largely positive within the entire IT period. This evidence suggests that monetary policy has been ineffective in achieving the desired level of inflation. Why monetary policy...

...Solomon Yemidi; Grace Nkansa Asante; Paul Owusu Takyi Purpose The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of alterations in the path of monetary policy rates on inflation via the supply side of an emerging economy. Design/methodology/approach The study employed semi-annual data...

... only Oil prices Geopolitical risk War Food prices Consumer price index Monetary policy Nigeria This paper mainly investigates the role of global geopolitical risk (GPR) in the relationship between oil prices and food inflation to further ascertain the supply-side determinants...

... shock. Design/methodology/approach First, the study presented VAR evidence that fiscal and monetary policy uncertainty depresses real output. Thereafter, a nonlinear DSGE model with second-moment fiscal and monetary policy shocks was solved using the third-order Taylor approximation method...

...Alhassan Turay; Mehdi Seraj; Hüseyin Özdeşer Purpose The degree of responsiveness of fiscal and monetary policy mechanisms that promote growth and development in Sierra Leone is the subject of this article. Design/methodology/approach This article uses both the Auto Regressive Distributed Lag...

...Felix Amoaning; Ferdinand Ahiakpor Purpose The study aims to investigate the role of monetary policy in encouraging economic growth through bank loans, as well as estimating the optimal monetary policy rate (MPR), which may be damaging to Ghana's economic growth if exceeded. Design/methodology...

...Naser Yenus Nuru; Habtamu Kefelegn Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of unanticipated monetary policy innovations on output and price for Ethiopia from 1991:Q1 to 2016:Q1. Design/methodology/approach Short run and long run identification schemes on structural...

... of accommodative stance between monetary policy and fiscal policy, which is important for economic and political decision-making. Originality/value Empirical studies that deal with the joint effects of monetary and fiscal policy for South Africa through the SVAR framework are quite limited. This paper...

...Ebenezer Gbenga Olamide; Andrew Maredza Purpose Empirically, the purpose of this paper is to investigate policy variables that determine monetary policy and economic growth of some selected countries within the economic bloc of Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). The selected countries...

..., investments, businesses and livelihoods. The purpose of this paper is to test the hypothesis that the monetary policy rate can be used to influence NPLs in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach Using quarterly data spanning from 2000 to 2016, the authors used the autoregressive distributed lag econometric...

...Lord Mensah; Anthony Q.Q. Aboagye; Nana Kwame Akosah Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether asset allocation across various industries listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) varies across different monetary policy states. Design/methodology/approach This paper adopts...

..., the purpose of this paper is to complement existing literature by analyzing the effects of monetary policy on economic activity (output and prices) in the CEMAC and UEMOA CFA franc zones. Design/methodology/approach – VARs within the frameworks of Vector Error-Correction Models and Granger causality...

...Monal Abdel-Baki Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the effectiveness of monetary policy in boosting the housing sectors in each of Egypt and South Africa, and to detect the ability of the monetary agents of both nations to tame house prices. Design/methodology...