Browsing by Author "Saka, J."

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Central Bank Communication and Monetary Policy Effectiveness: Evidence from Nigeria
(West African Monetary Institute, 2013) Adeniyi, O. A.; Ekor. E.; Saka, J.
The study examines the impact of central bank communication on monetary policy in Nigeria by applying the standard deviation measure of volatility and the vector autoregressive approach. The findings show that inflation and markets volatilities reduced during the period of improved central bank communication. The money market responded positively to central bank communication and reverted faster to equilibrium compared with the stock market which responded negatively and reverted slower to equilibrium. Central bank communication is also able to explain some variation in the money and stock markets. The policy implications of the findings include the need for the Central Bank of Nigeria to continue to improve on its communications strategy as this has helped reduce inflation and markets volatility. In addition, the interest rate channel of the transmission mechanism should be accorder greater priority compared to the asset channel as the money market reverted faster to equilibrium compared to the stock market in the event of a shock.
Monetary Policy Committee and Monetary Policy Conduct in Nigeria: A Preliminary Investigation
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2014) Ekor, M.; Saka, J.; Adeniyi, O. A.
The study provides an incisive but preliminary investigation into the activities of the monetary policy committee of the central bank of Nigeria and the implications for monetary policy, using the standard deviation measure of volatility and the ordinary least square method. The findings show that the ‘internal’ members and majority of the ‘external’ members have different preferences as shown in the voting patterns. Also, there has been reduction in inflation, money and stock markets volatilities since the operations of the committee became more visible. Furthermore, there is no structural break in both the money and stock markets in the period when the central bank started releasing the personal statements and voting pattern of the committee members. The policy implication of these results is that the transparency with which the monetary policy committee has operated since 2011 has boosted policy credibility due to the reduction in markets volatility. Nevertheless, there is need for the individual committee members to be more visible to the public through different platforms as this will further improve the central bank’s communications strategy.