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A Macro Model of the Credit Channel in a Currency Union Member: The Case of Benin

By Issouf Samaké

August 1, 2010

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Issouf Samaké. A Macro Model of the Credit Channel in a Currency Union Member: The Case of Benin, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2010) accessed September 19, 2024
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Summary

This paper applies and extends a theoretical model built by Agénor and Montiel (2007) by exploring the effectiveness of government bonds and monetary policy in a small, open, credit-based economy with a fixed exchange rate. The model is applied to Benin, a member of a currency union, using a general equilibrium model with stochastic simulation. Model calibration replicates the historical pattern for 1996–2009. Policy experiments simulated an increase in government securities in Benin’s regional market and a cut in the reserve requirement. Simulations produced mixed results. It appears that, among other factors, excess bank liquidity lowers the effectiveness of monetary policy instruments through the credit channel and that government bonds can help mop up excess bank liquidity.

Subject: Bank credit, Banking, Bonds, Credit, Excess liquidity, Financial institutions, Monetary policy, Money, Reserve requirements, Sovereign bonds

Keywords: Bank balance, Bank credit, Bank liquidity, Bank loan rate, Bank product, Baseline bond, Benin, Benin economy, Bonds, Credit, Credit channel, Excess liquidity, General equilibrium, Goverenment bonds shock, Government bond holding, Government bonds, Interest rate differential, Loan payment, Open economy, Reserve ratio, Reserve requirements, Sovereign bonds, Stochastic simulation, Sub-Saharan Africa, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    26

  • Volume:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2010/191

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2010191

  • ISBN:

    9781455202256

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941