kizee1 wrote:Sufficiently Philanga....thropic wrote:Strictly speaking, the CBR should follow the inflation rate. So a 300 bps hike on paper sounds the like best rate hike regardless of what has caused the increase in inflation rate!
However, with inflation expected to cool in Q12012, this should be CBKs last rate hike (read pain to the public) and subsequent rates should come down!
I can do with 1 more rate hike for the sake of a better tomorrow, we all should!Of course the NSE will seriously bleed, and 2,700 we shall surely print!
BTW, @Kizee & Scubidu, where art thou!
i think the mpc shud be disbanded and cbks control over monetary policy shud be taken away, i beleive the market mechanism shud determine the optimal amount and price of money....sorry to divert from teh topic
It's the fiscal and monetary policies that are out of balance. The governor is currently implementing knee jerk reactionary policies, but i don't believe that one person is to blame. I think the CBK/MPC need more independence from Treasury (as they have monopoly on monetary tools).
They need to be able to steer Treasury in the right direction to avoid mismanagement and mixed signals. On person needs to be accountable and right now it's difficult to know exactly whose to blame.
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