Monetary policy works in part by altering credit flows. The use of legal reserve requirements provide monetary authorities with considerable leverage over the quantity of funds that banks may maintain, just as open market sales reduces the real quantity of deposits banks can issue. This in turn [Read more]
The purpose of monetary policy is to influence the tempo of economic activities in the country. The manner in which this policy affects real economic aggregates such as inflation, output, interest and exchange rates and employment is referred to as transmission mechanism. In theory, monetary [Read more]
The mechanism by which monetary policy is transmitted to the real economy remains a central topic in macroeconomics. The bank lending channel represents the credit view of this mechanism. According to this view, monetary policy works by affecting bank assets (loans) as well as banks’ [Read more]
Prior to the banking sector consolidation exercise that was concluded in December 2005, the framework for monetary policy in Nigeria had witnessed some transformation. This included the shift from the use of direct monetary policy control to indirect (market-based) monetary management, and the [Read more]
The current monetary policy framework is based on the targeting of bank reserves as operating target with monetary aggregates as intermediate target. The ultimate objective is to influence the general level of prices - inflation.
Monetary targeting implied by the current practice was [Read more]
Report Highlights: Nigeria's agricultural development is constrained by the lack of access to credit for the predominantly smallholder farmers. Efforts by successive governments to address the problem have been largely unsuccessful. Commercial banks in the country perceive agricultural [Read more]