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a) Distinguish between monetary policy and fiscal policy? (5marks)
b) Using monetary policy as an illustration, and giving specific examples, clearly explain the following:
i. Instruments (5marks)
ii. Targets (5marks)
iii. Objectives (5marks)
[Total Marks: 20]
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Financial Intermediaries can bridge the gap between borrowers and lenders and reconcile their often incompatible needs and objectives. Banks bridge this gap by performing the transformation functions: Size transformation, Maturity transformation and Risk transformation.
a. Explain financial intermediation as a business activity. (5marks)
b. Explain how Size transformation, Maturity transformation, and Risk transformation bridge the gap between lenders and borrowers (15marks)
[Total Marks: 20]
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a) Discuss the degree of liquidity of the following assets
i. Treasury bills
ii. Gilt-edged stock
iii. Bank notes
iv. Certificates of deposit
b) Explain how a company may use interest rate swap as a means of managing interest rate risk.
[Total Marks: 20]
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a) Distinguish between current account and capital account of the Balance of payments (5 marks)
b) Explain how a government can rectify:
i. A deficit on the current account. (7.5marks)
ii. A deficit on the capital account. (7.5marks)
[Total Marks: 20]
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One of the major concerns of Central Banks is how to effectively control credit creation and hence money supply in an economy.
a) Explain how money supply is controlled by the Central Bank using the following tools/instruments:
i. The policy rate
ii. Open Market Operation
iii. Required reserve ratio
b) Discuss the effectiveness of the above instruments in Ghana.
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It has been stated that “a weakening currency, high debt and increasing global food and oil prices are a dangerous combination for Ghana”. The recent free fall of the Ghanaian cedi has given some credence to that assertion. Discuss the causes for the falling cedi and the measures the authorities have put in place to address that trend?
(20 Marks)
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Governments of developing countries like Ghana show extreme worry when current account deficits on balance of payments either keep increasing their foreign debts or running down their reserves, or both. In an economy that operates an exchange rate regime outside the free market system, if the deficit persists over time;
a) What policy will you recommend that invariably affects domestic exchange of its currency?
b) What other effective alternative policy is available to solve re-occurring current account deficits?
(20 Marks)
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a) Distinguish between monetary policy and fiscal policy? (5marks)
b) Using monetary policy as an illustration, and giving specific examples, clearly explain the following:
i. Instruments (5marks)
ii. Targets (5marks)
iii. Objectives (5marks)
[Total Marks: 20]
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Financial Intermediaries can bridge the gap between borrowers and lenders and reconcile their often incompatible needs and objectives. Banks bridge this gap by performing the transformation functions: Size transformation, Maturity transformation and Risk transformation.
a. Explain financial intermediation as a business activity. (5marks)
b. Explain how Size transformation, Maturity transformation, and Risk transformation bridge the gap between lenders and borrowers (15marks)
[Total Marks: 20]
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a) Discuss the degree of liquidity of the following assets
i. Treasury bills
ii. Gilt-edged stock
iii. Bank notes
iv. Certificates of deposit
b) Explain how a company may use interest rate swap as a means of managing interest rate risk.
[Total Marks: 20]
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a) Distinguish between current account and capital account of the Balance of payments (5 marks)
b) Explain how a government can rectify:
i. A deficit on the current account. (7.5marks)
ii. A deficit on the capital account. (7.5marks)
[Total Marks: 20]
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One of the major concerns of Central Banks is how to effectively control credit creation and hence money supply in an economy.
a) Explain how money supply is controlled by the Central Bank using the following tools/instruments:
i. The policy rate
ii. Open Market Operation
iii. Required reserve ratio
b) Discuss the effectiveness of the above instruments in Ghana.
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It has been stated that “a weakening currency, high debt and increasing global food and oil prices are a dangerous combination for Ghana”. The recent free fall of the Ghanaian cedi has given some credence to that assertion. Discuss the causes for the falling cedi and the measures the authorities have put in place to address that trend?
(20 Marks)
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Governments of developing countries like Ghana show extreme worry when current account deficits on balance of payments either keep increasing their foreign debts or running down their reserves, or both. In an economy that operates an exchange rate regime outside the free market system, if the deficit persists over time;
a) What policy will you recommend that invariably affects domestic exchange of its currency?
b) What other effective alternative policy is available to solve re-occurring current account deficits?
(20 Marks)
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