Economic and Financial Review
Publisher
Central Bank of Nigeria
Keywords
Panel data analysis, Interest rate decision, Monetary policy, Central banking, Central Bank of Nigeria
Abstract
This paper provided an empirical analysis of policy-makers' voting patterns on interest rates in Nigeria. Employing a (pooled) Taylor rule and using real-time data obtained from published personal statements of monetary policy committee members at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the paper tests for preference heterogeneity among MPC members. The aggregate reaction function as well as individual reaction functions for MPC members were used to tests whether there is a difference between the voting patterns of internal members and that of external members of the committee. Our results suggest evidence of heterogeneity among MPC members and that the voting patterns of the internal members are statistically different from that of the external members.
Issue
52
Volume
3
Recommended Citation
Ezema C. C., Odonye,O. J., Shitile, T. S. and Afiemo, O. O. (2014). Analysis of monetary policy decision making among Monetary Policy Committee members at the Central Bank of Nigeria. CBN Economic and Financial Review, 52(3), 71-93.