Canal d’incertitude de la COVID-19 : Quelles stratégies et tactiques pour la politique monétaire ?

PINSHI, Christian P. and MALATA, Alain (2020): Canal d’incertitude de la COVID-19 : Quelles stratégies et tactiques pour la politique monétaire ?

Abstract

The Central Bank of Congo (BCC) lowered policy rate in response to uncertainty surrounding COVID-19. The impact of the pandemic on the economy is uncertain and depends on several factors. This cut in the policy rate would not help the economy to limit the fallout from COVID-19, so we should rethink other tactics and strategies, such as a good communication strategy and the deployment of unconventional measures. However, coordination with fiscal policy would be a determining factor in blurring the uncertain effects of the coronavirus crisis.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: COVID-19 Uncertainty Channel: What Strategies and Tactics for Monetary Policy?
• Language: French
• Keywords: Monetary policy, Covid-19, uncertainty
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C3 - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models ; Multiple Variables > C32 - Time-Series Models ; Dynamic Quantile Regressions ; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models ; Diffusion Processes ; State Space Models; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E3 - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles > E32 - Business Fluctuations ; Cycles; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E4 - Money and Interest Rates > E44 - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E5 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit > E52 - Monetary Policy; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook > E63 - Comparative or Joint Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary Policy ; Stabilization ; Treasury Policy

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