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Title:Banking activity sensitivity to macroeconomic shocks and financial policies implications: the case of CEMAC sub-region
Authors:Nguena, Christian Lambert
Nanfosso, Roger TsafackISNI
Year:2014
Periodical:African Development Review (ISSN 1467-8268)
Volume:26
Issue:1
Pages:102-117
Language:English
Geographic term:Central Africa
Subjects:Communauté Économique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale
banking
financial policy
External link:https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12067
Abstract:This paper assesses qualitatively and quantitatively the level of resilience of the financial sector in the CEMAC sub-region to macroeconomic shocks and highlight the financial policies that could be implemented. For this purpose, a descriptive analysis of the CEMAC sub-region banking sector, followed by a panel-based econometrics study has been undertaken. The main result from the analysis is that the banking sector of CEMAC is relatively vulnerable to macroeconomic shocks. Accordingly, the decrease of GDP per capita growth rate, long-term financing and real exchange rate as well as the increase of interest rate leads to lower bank provisions. Lower levels of short-term financing induce a lower level of net income commission, while the change in interest rates is an increasing factor. The influence of changes in interest rates on bank's interest margin remains ambiguous. These results confirm the necessity of taking into account the existence of macroeconomic shock constraints in the implementation of financial policies in the sub-region. The paper analyses shock management in the monetary zone and advises policymakers on the potential rewards for timely intervention to mitigate potential shocks and the need for better control for the credibility and sustainability of the banking system. App., bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract]
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