Inflation-Targeting in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why Now? Why at All?

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Autor(a) principal: McKinley, Terry
Data de Publicação: 2008
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da IPEA (RCIpea)
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Resumo: In May 2007, Ghana formally adopted an inflation targeting framework for its monetary policy. This meant that price stability had become the central bank’s primary objective. Ghana is only the second country in sub-Saharan Africa, after South Africa, to adopt such a regime. Ghana’s inflation target is five per cent while South Africa’s is a 3-6 per cent band. Such low rates are common among countries in the region, even those without explicit targeting regimes. (...)
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spelling Inflation-Targeting in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why Now? Why at All?Fijación de Objetivos de Inflación en África Subsahariana: ¿Por qué Ahora? Simplemente, ¿Por qué Motivo?La Mise en œuvre de Politiques de Maîtrise de l’inflation en Afrique Subsaharienne. Pourquoi Maintenant? Pour quoi Faire ?Regime de Metas de Inflação na África Subsaariana: Por que Agora? De qualquer Modo, Por quê?Sub-Saharan AfricaInflationIn May 2007, Ghana formally adopted an inflation targeting framework for its monetary policy. This meant that price stability had become the central bank’s primary objective. Ghana is only the second country in sub-Saharan Africa, after South Africa, to adopt such a regime. Ghana’s inflation target is five per cent while South Africa’s is a 3-6 per cent band. Such low rates are common among countries in the region, even those without explicit targeting regimes. (...)Em Maio de 2007, Gana adotou formalmente um quadro de metas de inflação para a sua política1 p.2024-10-03T23:56:46Z2024-10-03T23:56:46Z2008One Pagerinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/15425ark:/51990/0013000001418International Policy Centre for Inclusive GrowthUnited Nations Development ProgrammeLicença total exclusivaO texto e dados desta publicação podem ser reproduzidos desde que as fontes sejam citadas. Reproduções com fins comerciais são proibidas.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMcKinley, Terryengreponame:Repositório Institucional da IPEA (RCIpea)instname:Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA)instacron:IPEA2024-10-04T06:20:26Zoai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/15425Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/oai/requestsuporte@ipea.gov.bropendoar:2024-10-04T06:20:26Repositório Institucional da IPEA (RCIpea) - Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Inflation-Targeting in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why Now? Why at All?
Fijación de Objetivos de Inflación en África Subsahariana: ¿Por qué Ahora? Simplemente, ¿Por qué Motivo?
La Mise en œuvre de Politiques de Maîtrise de l’inflation en Afrique Subsaharienne. Pourquoi Maintenant? Pour quoi Faire ?
Regime de Metas de Inflação na África Subsaariana: Por que Agora? De qualquer Modo, Por quê?
title Inflation-Targeting in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why Now? Why at All?
spellingShingle Inflation-Targeting in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why Now? Why at All?
McKinley, Terry
Sub-Saharan Africa
Inflation
title_short Inflation-Targeting in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why Now? Why at All?
title_full Inflation-Targeting in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why Now? Why at All?
title_fullStr Inflation-Targeting in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why Now? Why at All?
title_full_unstemmed Inflation-Targeting in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why Now? Why at All?
title_sort Inflation-Targeting in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why Now? Why at All?
author McKinley, Terry
author_facet McKinley, Terry
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Sub-Saharan Africa
Inflation
topic Sub-Saharan Africa
Inflation
description In May 2007, Ghana formally adopted an inflation targeting framework for its monetary policy. This meant that price stability had become the central bank’s primary objective. Ghana is only the second country in sub-Saharan Africa, after South Africa, to adopt such a regime. Ghana’s inflation target is five per cent while South Africa’s is a 3-6 per cent band. Such low rates are common among countries in the region, even those without explicit targeting regimes. (...)
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