Financial Intermediation and Monetary Policy Effectiveness in Nigeria

Okoro E.U. Okoro, Charles Manasseh, Felicia C. Abada, Williams A. Nzidee, Ambrose C. Okeke and Josaphat U.J. Onwumere
Additional contact information
Okoro E.U. Okoro: Department of Banking and Finance, University of Nigeria Enugu Campus, Nigeria,
Felicia C. Abada: Institute of General Studies, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria,
Williams A. Nzidee: Department of Economics, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Nigeria
Ambrose C. Okeke: Department of Economics, Coal City University Enugu, Nigeria,
Josaphat U.J. Onwumere: Department of Banking and Finance, University of Nigeria Enugu Campus, Nigeria,

International Review of Management and Marketing, 2018, vol. 8, issue 6, 53-61

Abstract: The need to be able to assess properly the extent of the relationship between financial intermediation and monetary policies of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) gave rise to the study on ‘impact of Financial Intermediation on Monetary Policy Effectiveness in Nigeria’. It is evidently clear that financial systems world over are heavily regulated in order to achieve the macroeconomic objectives of the government. Nigeria is not an exception. For this reason, the study estimated the impact of interest rate on bank loans and advances. The study further investigates the impact of cash reserve ratio on demand deposit. The data for study were sourced from CBN statistical bulletin which was estimated using ordinary least square method. The results showed that interest rate have significant impact on bank loan and advances, while cash reserve ratio has positive and significant impact on demand deposit. Consequently, the study recommended that the Central Bank (CBN) and the authorities of the Nigeria Financial system should ensure that the effectiveness of monetary policies is maintained at all times. Also, effort should be made by the apex bank to promote the activities of the commercial banks in intermediary role and should be integrated as a primary role of the commercial banks in Nigeria.

Keywords: Financial Intermediation; Monetary Policy effectiveness; Cash Reserve Ratio (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E52 G2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/irmm/article/download/7273/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/irmm/article/view/7273/pdf (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eco:journ3:2018-06-8

Access Statistics for this article

International Review of Management and Marketing is currently edited by Ilhan Ozturk

More articles in International Review of Management and Marketing from Econjournals
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Ilhan Ozturk ().