Excess Liquidity and Effectiveness of Monetary Policy : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa /

This paper examines the pattern of excess liquidity in sub-Saharan Africa and its consequences for the effectiveness of monetary policy. The paper argues that understanding the consequences of excess liquidity requires quantifying the extent to which commercial bank holdings of excess liquidity exce...

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Autor principal: Saxegaard, Magnus
Formato: Periódico
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Colecção:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/115
Acesso em linha:Full text available on IMF
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