The Central Bank of Congo (BCC) lowered policy rate in response to uncertainty surrounding COVID-19. The impact of the pandemic on the economy is uncertain and depends on several factors. This cut in the policy rate would not help the economy to limit the fallout from COVID-19, so we should...

This paper analyzes the effects of the high economic openness of West African economies coupled with liability dollarization, on their economic activities. By using a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model in a small open economy framework, and performing an experiment based on a case of...

This papper proposes a comparison of EMU's different fisca rules, i.e. the stability and growth Pact, the structural deficit rule and the golden rule. From comparing the economic stabilizing effects and their consistency with the monetaty policy, it concludes that the Pact is better in the case...

This paper studies coordination of Fiscal policies in a monetary union in terms of sta- bilization performance. We use a static model of closed monetary union and numerical simulations in which macroeconomic heterogeneities are introduced. Results show that the coordination is an e¢ cient tool...

In this paper, using monetary policy rules, we build a model which describes the fixing of the interest rate by the Bank of Central African's States (BEAC). First, with a GMM adapted for a forward looking rule, we propose a reaction function for this central bank. The result shows that from 1986...

This paper studies coordination of Fiscal policies in a monetary union in terms of sta- bilization performance. We use a static model of closed monetary union and numerical simulations in which macroeconomic heterogeneities are introduced. Results show that the coordination is an e¢ cient tool...

L'année 2012 a vu se fêter les anniversaires des « quarante ans de la Zone franc », des cinquante ans de la Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO) et des quarante ans de la Banque des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale (BEAC), venant eux-mêmes après dix ans de la Banque...

This study evaluates the effectiveness of the mechanisms of stabilization of shocks in heterogeneous monetary zone, with an application on the Franc Franc zone. The study assesses the advantages and disadvantages of budget cooperation strategies against non-cooperation. It shows that fiscal...

This paper has as objective to evaluate the impact of public deficits on domestic credit to the private sector in the CEMAC zone. The study is carried out over the period from 1985 to 2016, thanks to an autoregressive econometric model in panel data and distributed delays. The model estimates...