Monetary policy and exchange rates in different economic contexts: Case study of South Africa

dc.contributor.advisorChamisa, Edward
dc.contributor.authorChoga, Simba
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-02T09:14:16Z
dc.date.available2023-03-02T09:14:16Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.updated2023-02-20T12:25:01Z
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the interest rate and money supply with the exchange rate in South Africa in three periods:- before the global financial crisis (GFC) (Jan 2002 – Jan 2007), during the GFC (Jan 2008 – Dec 2009) and after the GFC (Jan 2010 – Jan 2016). No clear direction on the relationship between the monetary policy and the exchange rate has been ascertained in developing and developed economies. The Autoregressive-Distributed Lag (ARDL) model is utilized to find the objective of this study. Not much research has taken place involving the relationship of the interest rates, money supply with the exchange rate in the context of South Africa. To my knowledge this is the first study that incorporates the ARDL model to try and ascertain the type of relationship these variables have in South Africa. Therefore, new insights are yielded in the academic arena from this research's results. The results show that there is no significant relationship between the money supply and the exchange rate both in the short and long run in all three economic contexts. A significant effect is found from the interest rate on the exchange rate in the short run during and after the GFC. However, no relationship is found before the GFC between the interest rate and exchange rate. In addition, no relationship is found in the long run between the variables in all three economic contexts. The results suggest that the South African Reserve Bank SARB had a huge influence on the exchange rate during and after the GFC through changing the repo rate.
dc.identifier.apacitationChoga, S. (2022). <i>Monetary policy and exchange rates in different economic contexts: Case study of South Africa</i>. (). ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Finance and Tax. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37125en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationChoga, Simba. <i>"Monetary policy and exchange rates in different economic contexts: Case study of South Africa."</i> ., ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Finance and Tax, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37125en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationChoga, S. 2022. Monetary policy and exchange rates in different economic contexts: Case study of South Africa. . ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Finance and Tax. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37125en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Master Thesis AU - Choga, Simba AB - The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the interest rate and money supply with the exchange rate in South Africa in three periods:- before the global financial crisis (GFC) (Jan 2002 – Jan 2007), during the GFC (Jan 2008 – Dec 2009) and after the GFC (Jan 2010 – Jan 2016). No clear direction on the relationship between the monetary policy and the exchange rate has been ascertained in developing and developed economies. The Autoregressive-Distributed Lag (ARDL) model is utilized to find the objective of this study. Not much research has taken place involving the relationship of the interest rates, money supply with the exchange rate in the context of South Africa. To my knowledge this is the first study that incorporates the ARDL model to try and ascertain the type of relationship these variables have in South Africa. Therefore, new insights are yielded in the academic arena from this research's results. The results show that there is no significant relationship between the money supply and the exchange rate both in the short and long run in all three economic contexts. A significant effect is found from the interest rate on the exchange rate in the short run during and after the GFC. However, no relationship is found before the GFC between the interest rate and exchange rate. In addition, no relationship is found in the long run between the variables in all three economic contexts. The results suggest that the South African Reserve Bank SARB had a huge influence on the exchange rate during and after the GFC through changing the repo rate. DA - 2022_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Exchange rate KW - ARDL model KW - interest rate KW - money supply LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2022 T1 - Monetary policy and exchange rates in different economic contexts: Case study of South Africa TI - Monetary policy and exchange rates in different economic contexts: Case study of South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37125 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/37125
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationChoga S. Monetary policy and exchange rates in different economic contexts: Case study of South Africa. []. ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Finance and Tax, 2022 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37125en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Finance and Tax
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerce
dc.subjectExchange rate
dc.subjectARDL model
dc.subjectinterest rate
dc.subjectmoney supply
dc.titleMonetary policy and exchange rates in different economic contexts: Case study of South Africa
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMCom
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