This paper analyzes market reactions to the 2013–14 Fed announcements relating to tapering of asset purchases and their relationship to macroeconomic fundamentals and country economic and financial structures. The study uses daily data on exchange rates, government bond yields, and stock...

Do changes in monetary policy affect inflation and output in the East African Community (EAC)? We find that (i) Monetary Transmission Mechanism (MTM) tends to be generally weak when using standard statistical inferences, but somewhat strong when using non-standard inference methods; (ii) when...

This study investigates changes in central bank balance sheets and the non-conventional central bank measures triggered by the crisis by comparing international examples. The trend of rapid expansion in central bank balance sheets and the resulting higher need for sterilisation is not solely a...

The paper looks at the challenges of conducting monetary policy in a context of high dollarization of the banking system and weak institutions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The empirical analysis confirms the limited effectiveness of the Central Bank of Congo in controlling inflation,...

This Technical Note focuses on strengthening of monetary and liquidity management in Nigeria. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has robust institutional framework in place to design and implement monetary policy. The CBN has also sufficient instruments for short-term liquidity management. The...