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Appendix. Exchange Rate Restrictions and Exchange Rate Arrangements »
Source: Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Exchange Rates and Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Stella Kaendera , S. V. S. Dixit , and Nabil Ben Ltaifa
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 2009
ISBN: 9781462389889
Keywords: Exchange rate stability, Exchange rates, exchange rate, foreign exchange, global financial crisis, foreign exchange market
Ghana Kenya Nigeria Rwanda Tanz...
Appendix. The Balance Sheet Matrix: Intersectoral Asset and Liability Position »
Source: The Global Financial Crisis and Adjustment to Shocks in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda : A Balance Sheet Analysis Perspective
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Iyabo Masha
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 2009
ISBN: 9781462360628
Keywords: Banking sector, foreign currency, financial derivatives, domestic currency, foreign exchange, banking
Appendix Table I. The Balance Sheet Matrix: Net Intersectoral Asset and Liability Positions (In millions of Kenyan Shillings)...
CHAPTER 2 Analytical Framework, Data, and Methodology »
Source: The Global Financial Crisis and Adjustment to Shocks in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda : A Balance Sheet Analysis Perspective
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Iyabo Masha
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 2009
ISBN: 9781462360628
Keywords: Banking sector, foreign currency, financial derivatives, domestic currency, foreign exchange, banking
The balance sheet approach focuses on the stock of the assets and liabilities of an economy and of key sectors and how the currency composition, capital, and maturity structures create intersectoral imbalanc...
CHAPTER 4 Balance Sheet Adjustments Financial Crisis »
Source: The Global Financial Crisis and Adjustment to Shocks in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda : A Balance Sheet Analysis Perspective
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Iyabo Masha
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 2009
ISBN: 9781462360628
Keywords: Banking sector, foreign currency, financial derivatives, domestic currency, foreign exchange, banking
The usefulness of balance sheet analysis lies in its ability to provide leading indicators on the vulnerability of sectors to deterioration in their financial positions. Regardless of the size and compositio...
CHAPTER 4 Conclusions »
Source: Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Exchange Rates and Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Stella Kaendera , S. V. S. Dixit , and Nabil Ben Ltaifa
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 2009
ISBN: 9781462389889
Keywords: Exchange rate stability, Exchange rates, exchange rate, foreign exchange, global financial crisis, foreign exchange market
The evolution of exchange rates in sub-Saharan Africa has reflected the impact of both external developments and distinct policy choices. The fall in export demand, commodity prices, and private capital infl...
CHAPTER 3 Factors behind the Exchange Rates Evolution »
Source: Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Exchange Rates and Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Stella Kaendera , S. V. S. Dixit , and Nabil Ben Ltaifa
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 2009
ISBN: 9781462389889
Keywords: Exchange rate stability, Exchange rates, exchange rate, foreign exchange, global financial crisis, foreign exchange market
The first factors that affected the value of exchange rates were external, reflecting the transmission of the global crisis through the trade and financial channels as well as the volatility of the U.S. doll...
CHAPTER 2 Impact of the Crisis on Currencies in Sub-Saharan Africa »
Source: Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Exchange Rates and Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Stella Kaendera , S. V. S. Dixit , and Nabil Ben Ltaifa
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 2009
ISBN: 9781462389889
Keywords: Exchange rate stability, Exchange rates, exchange rate, foreign exchange, global financial crisis, foreign exchange market
The currencies of sub-Saharan African countries depreciated in a generalized fashion vis-à-vis the U.S. dollar at the onset of the global financial crisis. The currencies of five out of the seven in this stu...
CHAPTER 1 Introduction »
Source: Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Exchange Rates and Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Stella Kaendera , S. V. S. Dixit , and Nabil Ben Ltaifa
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 2009
ISBN: 9781462389889
Keywords: Exchange rate stability, Exchange rates, exchange rate, foreign exchange, global financial crisis, foreign exchange market
The currencies of many sub-Saharan African countries, like those of many emerging and developing economies, suffered large depreciations with the onset of the global financial crisis. Collapsing trade and fi...
CHAPTER 1 Introduction »
Source: The Global Financial Crisis and Adjustment to Shocks in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda : A Balance Sheet Analysis Perspective
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Iyabo Masha
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 2009
ISBN: 9781462360628
Keywords: Banking sector, foreign currency, financial derivatives, domestic currency, foreign exchange, banking
The recent global crisis originated from rapid defaults on subprime mortgage loans in the U.S. housing market and spread rapidly to other sectors of the economy. The speed and transmission was particularly a...
CHAPTER 6 Key Lessons »
Source: The Global Financial Crisis and Adjustment to Shocks in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda : A Balance Sheet Analysis Perspective
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Iyabo Masha
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 2009
ISBN: 9781462360628
Keywords: Banking sector, foreign currency, financial derivatives, domestic currency, foreign exchange, banking
Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda had differing degrees of exposure to the financial crisis. Their central banks lost reserves partly as a result of shocks to the exchange rate and also due to stepped up demand fo...