In the six months after a 1 percentage point drop in the federal funds rate associated with
accommodative monetary policy, households raise the share of their portfolio in stocks paying high dividends by 0.95 percentage points.
These developments continue to be sustained by the improvement in the external environment, favourable financing conditions dictated by our
accommodative monetary policy stance, the foreign direct investments inflows, and the higher electricity output owing to the favourable hydro situation in this year.
The OECD said: "The global economy is experiencing stronger growth, driven by a rebound in trade, higher investment and buoyant job creation, and supported by very
accommodative monetary policy and fiscal easing."
The global economy is experiencing stronger growth, driven by a rebound in trade, higher investment and buoyant job creation, and supported by very
accommodative monetary policy and fiscal easing, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) latest Economic Outlook.
Accommodative monetary policy and fiscal stimulus will bolster growth, which Fitch forecasts at 2.8% in 2018 and 3.1% in 2019.
It also says the legal caps on borrowing have undermined the independence of the CBK."Following the MPC (Monetary Policy Committee) meeting in January 2018, it was noted that there was scope for
accommodative monetary policy, however, interest rate caps had created an environment of possible perverse outcomes, thus constraining the MPC from using the CBR (Central Bank Rate) to signal its policy stance," it notes.
"Encouraging businesses and households to take on more risk is precisely one intended effect of an
accommodative monetary policy. And that is one reason we and many others have sought a deepening and refinement of macroprudential supervision and regulation," said Lipton, acknowledging concerns about the rise in asset prices across many markets, increasing investor risks and complacency as well as rising corporate and sovereign debt occurring in many countries.
The report said that inflation has remained benign, hovering below target in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India while favourable weather in Pakistan and India and lower oil prices have helped keep inflation low, and thereby made possible an
accommodative monetary policy.
ICICI Bank managing director and chief executive officer Chanda Kochhar said, "I expect to see easing of rates over a period of time as further transmission of
accommodative monetary policy takes place." The RBI said that banks have cut their base rate by only 0.30 per cent as against the 0.75 per cent cut by the Central bank and hoped that that they would go for more rate cuts.
''The danger is that vulnerabilities that build up during a period of very
accommodative monetary policy can unwind suddenly when such policy is reversed, creating substantial market volatility,'' Lagarde said in prepared remarks in Mumbai at the end of a two-day visit to India.
"The ECB has taken forceful steps to support the economy through
accommodative monetary policy," Lew said, according to the text of a speech to be delivered later Wednesday.
Stocks rallied yesterday after Fed Chair Janet Yellen said
accommodative monetary policy, rising property and equity prices and the improving global economy should lead to above-trend growth.
