Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/123577 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/13/003
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
This paper assesses the adjustment of inflation with financial dynamic fundamentals of money (financial depth), credit (financial activity) and efficiency. Three main findings are established. (1) There are significant long-run relationships between inflation and the fundamentals. (2) The error correction mechanism is stable in all specifications but in case of any disequilibrium, only financial depth is significant in adjusting inflation to the long-run relationship. (3) In the long-run, short-term adjustments in the ability of banks to transform money into credit do not matter in correcting inflation. This is most probably due to surplus liquidity issues. Policy implications are discussed.
Subjects: 
Excess money
inflation
credit
Africa
JEL: 
E31
E51
O55
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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