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Echekoba FN Author

Subjects of specialization
Banking and Finance,Financial Analysis, Corporate Finance,Financial Management

Affiliation
Department of Banking and Finance, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria

Biography

Echekoba FN belongs to Department of Banking and Finance, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria. His publications include: Shrestha PK, Subedi BR (2014) Determinants of Stock Market Performance in Nepal. NRB Econ Rev 26: 25-40.


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Research Article Open Access

Monetary Policy and Capital Market Performance: An Empirical Evidence from Nigerian Data

Author(s):

Echekoba FN, Okaro CS, Ananwude AC and Akuesodo OE

This study utilized time series data to determine the effect of monetary policy on the performance of Nigerian capital market. The study was motivated by the inconclusive debate on the real effect of monetary policy on capital market performance. Specifically, this study ascertained the effect of monetary policy rate and cash reserve ratio on the performance of Nigerian capital market surrogated by all share index. Secondary data for the period 1986 to 2016 were collected from the Nigerian Stock Exchange and Central Bank of Nigeria annual reports of various editions. The study applied the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression technique and causality analysis in which variations in all share index was regressed on monetary policy rate and cash reserve ratio. The analysis revealed that m... view moreĀ»

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