Monetary Policy Transmission in Ghana : Does the Interest Rate Channel Work? /

This paper analyzes interest rate pass-through in Ghana. Time series and bank-specific data are utilized to highlight linkages between policy, wholesale market, and retail market interest rates. Our analysis shows that responses to changes in the policy interest rate are gradual in the wholesale mar...

Descrizione completa

Dettagli Bibliografici
Autore principale: Kovanen, Arto
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/275
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF
LEADER 01783cas a2200241 a 4500
001 AALejournalIMF011412
008 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d
020 |c 5.00 USD 
020 |z 9781463925314 
022 |a 1018-5941 
040 |a BD-DhAAL  |c BD-DhAAL 
100 1 |a Kovanen, Arto. 
245 1 0 |a Monetary Policy Transmission in Ghana :   |b Does the Interest Rate Channel Work? /  |c Arto Kovanen. 
264 1 |a Washington, D.C. :  |b International Monetary Fund,  |c 2011. 
300 |a 1 online resource (32 pages) 
490 1 |a IMF Working Papers 
500 |a <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required 
500 |a <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required 
506 |a Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students 
520 3 |a This paper analyzes interest rate pass-through in Ghana. Time series and bank-specific data are utilized to highlight linkages between policy, wholesale market, and retail market interest rates. Our analysis shows that responses to changes in the policy interest rate are gradual in the wholesale market. Prolonged deviation in the interbank interest rate from the prime rate illustrate the challenges the Bank of Ghana faces when targeting a short-term money market interest rate. Asymmetries in the wholesale market adjustment possibly relate to monetary policy signaling, weak policy credibility, and liquidity management. In the retail market, pass-through to deposit and lending interest rates is protracted and incomplete.1. 
538 |a Mode of access: Internet 
830 0 |a IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;  |v No. 2011/275 
856 4 0 |z Full text available on IMF  |u http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2011/275/001.2011.issue-275-en.xml  |z IMF e-Library