Affiliation:
1. Department of Actuarial Science University of Pretoria Pretoria South Africa
2. Department of Mathematical Statistics and Actuarial Science University of the Free State Bloemfontein South Africa
3. Sa¨ıd Business School and St. Edmund Hall University of Oxford Oxford UK
Abstract
AbstractThe South African Reserve Bank (SARB) uses interest rates to control inflation. The Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model can contribute to inflation targeting objective and also determine the effects on banks and the economy. We improved the accuracy of the results from previous work on the banking sector CGE model by estimating the elasticities of the reduced form equations of the model instead of arbitrarily choosing them.Our results conform with the established view that lower policy rates lead to an increase in inflation and a reduction in banks' profits. However, because of the adverse supply shocks arising from the effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic, the increase in the GDP is crowded out. The CGE model is a useful tool for the SARB for monetary policy implications on financial stability, informing and providing analysis on its repo rate decision, and determining the consequent effects on the economy.
Funder
University of Pretoria
Grantová Agentura České Republiky
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