Selected Issues Papers

Building Monetary Transmission in Ethiopia

ByDeirdre Daly, Bryan Gurhy

July 30, 2025

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Deirdre Daly, and Bryan Gurhy. "Building Monetary Transmission in Ethiopia", Selected Issues Papers 2025, 106 (2025), accessed 12/5/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229018777.018

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Summary

This Selected Issues Paper reviews Ethiopia’s transition to an interest-rate based monetary framework. For this framework to be effective, monetary transmission—the process through which policy rate changes affect inflation and economic activity—must function reliably. Achieving this, requires a clear, well-communicated policy framework, strong analytical capacity, and continued efforts to address structural features that may hamper transmission.

Subject: Central bank policy rate, Exchange rates, Financial services, Foreign exchange, Inflation, Interbank rates, Monetary policy, Monetary policy frameworks, Prices

Keywords: building monetary policy transmission, Central bank policy rate, Exchange rates, Inflation, Interbank rates, interest-rate based monetary policy, monetary policy effectiveness, monetary policy frameworks, Monetary policy transmission, MPC meeting statement, paper reviews Ethiopia's transition, rate change, Sub-Saharan Africa