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    Determinants of Exchange

    Rates Movement in Ghana

    Group 13

    GROUP MEMBERS

    NAME INDEX NUMBERS

    ARMAH MICHAEL 10276000

    ASANTE KWADWO OKRAH 10276313

    ASARE SUSANA ABENA 10276383

    ASARE KWABENA JNR 10276403

    ASARE SAMUEL 10276437

    3/28/2012

    ECON 434

    MONEY AND BANKING

    RESEARCH PAPER

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    1.1 INTRODUCTION

    Exchange rate between two currencies specifies how much one currency is worth in terms

    of the other. It is the value of a countrys currency in terms of a foreign nations currency.

    There are two methods of quotations of exchange rate between two different currencies;

    the direct or price quotation and the indirect or volume quotation. The price quotation

    method quotes exchange rate in terms of the number of units of domestic currency that

    can be exchanged for one unit of a foreign currency. For example, the annual average

    interbank exchange rate of Gh1.4284 to $1 means that one needs to pay an amount of

    Gh1.4284 for $1. The volume quotation is when one considers the units of foreign

    currency that can be exchanged for one unit of domestic currency. A typical example is

    the exchange between the cedi and the dollar in the year 2009 in Ghana quoted as $0.7 for

    Gh1. An effective exchange rate is determined by aggregating the various exchange

    rates between a domestic currencies relative to the countrys most important trading

    partners currency. If we adjust it with the inflation in that year, we arrive at the real

    effective exchange rate. A correct or appropriate exchange rate has been one of the most

    important factors for the economic growth in the economies of most developed countries

    whereas a high volatility or inappropriate exchange rate has been a major obstacle to

    economic growth of many African countries of which Ghana is inclusive (S.T Appiah and

    I.A Adetunde, 2011). The volatile nature of exchange rates has been the focus of many

    researchers. Although some previous studies suggest that variations in an exchange rate

    has the potential to affect a countrys economic performance, LDCs (Less Developed

    Countries) have received less attention compared to industrialized or developed

    economies (Osei-Assibey, 2010). Among the changes demanded by programs of

    comprehensive economic reform, perhaps none are more politically difficult than

    devaluation and altering the way the exchange rate is determined. Since the Ghanaian

    economy is open, exports plus imports routinely account for approximately 40 percent of

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    gross national product and changes in the exchange rate will have a very broad effect.

    Control of the exchange rate also plays an important role in providing goods to political

    clients in many countries, making it extremely difficult for some Ghanaian leaders to

    enact reforms. Control of the exchange rate is seen by many in Ghana as a crucial aspect

    of economic sovereignty. Thus, demand for reform of the exchange from the International

    Monetary Fund, a common aspect of many conditionality programs, is always

    controversial. As a result, exchange rate reform often fails in Ghana. For instance, Ghana

    attempting to float its currencies in the 1980s, the reform was eventually abandoned,

    often with a real appreciation of the currency. Successful reform of the exchange rate in

    Ghana, therefore, is particularly interesting. Ghana has consistently chosen to control

    imports administratively. Unfortunately, reliance on an administrative system to control

    imports often leads, in practice, to an overvalued exchange rate. When leaders depend on

    administrative controls rather than the exchange rate to ration imports, they often do not

    feel compelled to adjust the value of the currency to reflect differences between domestic

    inflation and the inflation rates of their trading partners. Indeed, in a cantankerous

    manner, the use of administrative import regimes actually encourages ever-increasing

    overvaluation of exchange rates because the more the exchange rate becomes overvalued,

    the greater the benefit a government can bestow on those few who are granted access to

    foreign goods.

    1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

    The openness of a countrys economy is recognized as a cause of volatility of its

    exchange rate. Ghana presents a classic example of an open economy which engages in

    international trade transactions. Moreover, with the advent of globalisation, developing

    economies are becoming more integrated into developed economies with the results of

    increasing flow of imports and exports. Ghana is not an exception. Maintaining the value

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    of the cedi relative to international currencies has posed challenges to policy makers in

    Ghana. The most important question that arises which is also the focus of this study is,

    What are the major determinants of the movement of the cedi on the foreign exchange

    market? A cursory examination of foreign exchange rate history in Ghana shows some

    considerable level of volatility. Therefore, it would be interesting to explore the

    determinants of movements in exchange rate and this is the objective of this research.

    2 LITERATURE REVIEW

    2.1 THEORETICAL REVIEW

    In the past, approaches to exchange rate determination emphasized on the role of import

    and export demand in the short run. The more modern one uses the asset market approach

    since in the short run, decisions to hold domestic or foreign assets play a much greater

    role in exchange rate determination than the demand for import and export. (Frederic S.

    Mishkin)

    In a flexible exchange rate regime, just like the price of any other economic commodity,

    the price of foreign exchange which is the exchange rate is determined by the demand for

    and supply of foreign currency. This occurs in the foreign exchange market which is open

    to a wide range of different types of buyers and sellers where currency trading is

    continuous. The demand for foreign exchange is a derived demand from the aggregate

    demand for goods and services abroad (imports) and the aggregate supply of foreign

    exchange is also a derived supply of goods and services abroad (exports).

    The standard analysis of exchange rate changes and the trade balance uses the

    specification of the demand for imports and the foreign demand for exports derived from

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    a postulated 2 good -2 country utility maximization framework by Paul Samuelson in

    1949.

    2-Good-2 commodity exchange rate model

    Assumptions

    Two countries (Ghana and US)

    Ghana currency is cedi and US currency is dollar

    Ghana produces only one commodity; cocoa, and US produces only one

    commodity; computers.

    Diagram

    Exch. rate

    Ex* E

    D* Quantity of Dollars demanded per day

    The equilibrium exchange rate Ex* is determined by the interaction of demand and

    supply of foreign currency derived from the demand and supply of cocoa and computers

    by both countries. At that exchange rate level, the amount of dollars demanded per day is

    denoted by D*. An equilibrium exchange rate of an economy refers to the exchange rate

    that will equilibrate the balance of payments over the long run when there is no distortion

    in that economy.

    S($)

    D $

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    Depreciation: A decrease in the value of domestic currency relative to foreign

    currencies. In this case, the exchange rate is increasing above point Ex*.

    Appreciation: An increase in the value of domestic currency relative to foreign

    currencies. That is when exchange rate is decreasing below Ex*.

    Two theories; the law of one price and the theory of purchasing power parity, have

    been developed to explain how the long run exchange rate is determined.

    2.1.1 The law of one price

    If two countries are producing a homogeneous commodity and the transportation costs

    and trade restrictions are low then the price of the commodity must be the same

    throughout the whole world. For instance suppose a car produced in Ghana by Apostle

    Kwadwo Sarfo Kantanka costs Gh20,000 and an identical American car costs $10,000,

    then for the law of one price to hold, the exchange rate between cedi and dollar must be

    Gh2 per dollar or $0.5 per cedi.

    2.1.2 The theory of Purchasing Power Parity

    The theory states that the exchange rate between two currencies will adjust itself to reflect

    changes in the price levels of the two countries. Suppose the price of the car increases in

    Ghana by twenty percent relative to the dollar price, then for the law of one price to hold, the

    exchange rate must rise by Gh0.20, a twenty percent increase depicting an appreciation of

    the dollar relative to the cedi. Maintaining the law of one price in the two countries brings

    about the theory of purchasing power parity which says that if the Ghanaian price increases

    by twenty percent relative to the American price, the dollar must appreciate by twenty

    percent.

    However, the theories have limitations since the assumptions are not realistic in the real

    world. For instance the assumption that identical goods are produced in both countries is not

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    achievable since even furnishing may differ in the two countries. Similarly, the theories do

    not take into account goods and services that are not traded across borders such as haircut,

    houses, land and many more. Also trade barriers and transportation costs are assumed to be

    minimized which are usually not the cases. Due to infant industries protection, many

    countries tighten trade restrictions to prevent import.

    In general, factors that cause movement in exchange rate are inflation, interest rates,

    money supply, and a change in preference for either domestic or foreign goods,

    trade barriers, balance of payments and productivity.

    2.2 EMPIRICAL REVIEW

    Empirical research has shown that Ghanas currency has on the average depreciated

    against major foreign currencies such as the dollar, euro, pound, etc. over the years. The

    table below shows the year-average interbank exchange rates of the cedi from 2002 to

    2011.

    Exchange Rate Movement in Ghana

    YearUSDollar

    GBPound Euro

    2002 0.8439 1.3305 0.8512

    2003 0.8852 1.5296 1.0986

    2004 0.9051 1.7412 1.23092005 0.9131 1.5673 1.0815

    2006 0.9236 1.8103 1.2145

    2007 0.9704 1.9511 1.4398

    2008 0.2214 1.8049 1.7211

    2009 1.4738 2.2991 2.0484

    2010 1.4738 2.2709 1.9407

    2011 1.5224 2.4308 2.1266Source: The state of the Ghanaian economy, 2010.

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    Exchange Rate Movements in Ghana (2002 2011)

    Source: The state of the Ghanaian economy, 2010

    From the time series data and graph above, it is clear that the exchange rate is not

    constant over the years 2002 through 2011. There has been a tremendous increase in the

    exchange rate between the cedi and euro, pound, and the dollar. According to the bank of

    Ghana working paper by Zakari Mumuni and Emmanuel Owusu Afriyie (May 2004),

    such movements in the exchange rates are mainly caused by money supply in Ghana,

    money supply in foreign countries, productivity in Ghana and foreign countries,

    inflation rate and interest rate differentials.

    Moreover, a research paper by Harry A Sackey, (University of Manitoba, Canada)

    reveals that the exchange rate of Ghana is also influenced by the level of external aid

    inflows into the country. According to him, the inflow of external aid into a country has a

    great impact on the countrys exchange rate. However, unlike many other countries, an

    0

    0.5

    1

    1.5

    2

    2.5

    3

    2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

    Dollar

    Pound

    Euro

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    increase in the foreign aid inflows into Ghana leads to decrease in the exchange rate,

    which actually leads to an improvement in the economy.

    2.3 OVERVIEW OF THE EXCHANGE RATE SYSTEM IN GHANA

    Ghana adopted a fixed exchange rate regime with occasional devaluation and exchange

    rationing immediately after independence.The history of exchange rate problems began with

    economic crises in the early 1970s. In response to a declining economic position, the

    government of Prime Minister Busia announced in December 1971 a surprise devaluation of

    78 percent, thereby reducing the value of the cedi from 1.02 to the dollar to 1.82 to the dollar.

    In the ensuing years, the exchange rate was largely held steady while Ghana experienced

    considerable inflation, resulting in a rapid over-valuation of the cedi. In 1972, a black-market

    rate for the cedi was 28 percent greater than the nominal rate. By 1976, when the cedi was

    nominally valued at 1.15 to the dollar, the black-market rate was at 2.9 cedis to the dollar (60

    percent over the official rate). By 1982, the cedi had only fallen to 2.75 to the dollar, but the

    black market was at an incredible 61.6 cedis to the dollar (an overvaluation of 2,242 percent).

    The great overvaluation of the cedi spawned a huge and thriving black market as goods

    became unavailable at the quoted price. The government implicitly admitted that it had lost

    control of the situation by creating, in 1980, a system of special unnumbered licenses that

    allowed Ghanaians to import goods but did not allocate any foreign exchange for this

    purpose. Potential importers therefore were encouraged to bid for funds on the black market

    and the overvalued exchange rate also had an important effect on exporters. Prices for the

    country's major export, cocoa, were artificially low, and Ghana's export farmers either

    stopped producing or smuggled their produce across the border to Cte d'Ivoire, which was

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    offering much higher prices, due in good part to a more realistic exchange rate. The

    overvaluation of the currency was central to Ghana's loss of market share in the 1970s. Other

    exporters were also hurt, with the result that the value of total exports in constant cedis in

    1980 was only 52 percent of the 1970 level, while exports in 1981 were only 32 percent of

    what they had been eleven years before. In late 1982 the government took the first step to

    break the mass psychology by raising the price of imported fooduntil then artificially cheap

    because of the exchange rateso that it was equal to the price of locally produced goods.

    Government officials explained that it was done to break at least some of the psychological

    dependence on imported goods and to try to demonstrate to the population how the

    overvalued exchange rate was hurting peasant growers. The new government then moved

    dramatically to address the overvalued exchange rate and a host of other problems in the

    1983 budget announced in April. It imposed a system of bonuses for exporters and surcharges

    for importers that lowered the effective value of the cedi from 2.75 to the dollar to 25 to the

    dollar. The policy improved the competitiveness of Ghanaian products on the world market,

    which subsequently improved Ghanas balance of payments position and creditworthiness.

    Government budgetary discipline also resulted in surplus during that period; except for a

    short period in the early 1990s where the real exchange rate began to appreciate again as the

    government relaxed its monetary and fiscal policies.

    In February 1988, the government embarked on further liberalization of the exchange rate by

    allowing the establishment of foreign exchange bureaus. These bureaus, which were privately

    owned, were allowed to trade openly in foreign exchange with no questions asked of either

    Ghanaians or foreigners who wanted to buy or sell foreign exchange. The establishment of

    the bureaus led to a further real depreciation of the currency from the auction rate. This

    further decline occurred because the auction was partially managed and because some

    Ghanaians were reluctant to indicate to the government how many cedis they possessed. The

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    establishment of the bureaus was an extraordinary step because it marked the abandonment of

    the old system, in which the government had allocated all foreign exchange, in favour of one

    in which the foreign exchange rate was either determined by auction, for a limited number of

    goods, or by a competitive free market. The bureaus also served as a lucrative new form of

    business for those who previously made their living exchanging money on the black market

    or through privileged access to government-allocated foreign exchange. Thence Ghana has

    used the flexible exchange rate regime in whose wake the national currency, has experienced

    volatility for the most part. Against this background, one of the most important issues in

    Ghanas policy arena over the past years has been that of exchange rate stabilization as

    demonstrated by successive budgets and policy statements (Politics of Exchange Rate

    Reform: Strategy and Tactics by Jeffrey Ira Herbst).

    3. DATA ANALYSIS, DEFINITION OF VARIABLES AND

    METHODOLOGY

    At this point of the study, one may ask the following questions: what factors affect

    exchange rate movements in Ghana? And how do they affect exchange rate?

    Relative interest rates on assets

    Potential investors are so conscious about interest rates differentials which determine how

    much to invest in a particular country. They usually invest by purchasing financial assets

    such as stocks, and bonds. Suppose the interest rate on assets in Ghana increases relative

    to those of the foreign countries. The rise in the interest rate will attract foreign investors

    and Ghanaians who have already invested outside to repatriate their foreign investment

    into the country to demand assets which requires the use of the cedi. Holding other things

    constant, the cedi will appreciate since there will be an excess demand for the cedi. In

    this case the exchange rate will fall drastically. The converse is the situation whereby the

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    interest rate in the domestic country falls relative to those of the foreign countries. There

    will be an investment drain causing exchange rate to increase and depreciating the cedi.

    In the long run, high rate of interest in the domestic country causes its currency to

    appreciate and vice-versa, when all other determinants are held constant.

    Differences in inflation

    If the price of the car increases in Ghana relative to that of America, the cedi tends to

    depreciate so that car can still sell well in Ghana and this is what the theory of purchasing

    power parity says. In contrast, if the price of car in America increases with all other

    factors held constant, the cedi will appreciate as a result of exchange rate decreasing. In

    general and in the long run, higher rates of inflation in a countrys price level (relative to

    the foreign price levels) cause the domestic currency to depreciate and vice versa, holding

    all other factors constant. Changes in money supply also affect exchange rate in Ghana

    but through either inflation or changes in productivity.

    Changes in productivity in both domestic and foreign countries

    Higher output in a country tends to lower prices of its domestically produced goods

    relative to those of the foreign countries when everything is held constant. In this case

    demand for locally produced goods increases causing the countrys currency to

    appreciate. On the other hand if there is a decline in the growth rate of output levels

    relative to that of the population, prices of goods and services in the domestic country will

    shoot up, ceteris paribus. People will then demand more of foreign goods which are

    relatively cheaper. This will cause the countrys currency to depreciate in the long run.

    Ghana also experiences the same problem as a country.

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    Net export

    Net export is simply the export of a country minus its import. Ghana exported goods

    worth $135m to the United States and imported $715.9m worth of goods in the year 2009.

    The difference which is the net export or balance of payments of $-580.9m requires an

    additional demand for dollars of about $580.9m holding other things constant. This led

    the cedi to depreciate relative to the dollar from Gh1.21 to Gh1.42 per dollar. In

    general, an increase in the net export between two countries causes its exchange rate to

    decrease in favour of the domestic currency and hence an appreciation of that currency

    when all other factors are held constant. On contrary, if the net export decreases, the

    countrys currency will depreciate. An increase in trade barriers such as tariffs and quotas

    in a domestic country decreases import and its currency appreciates relative to foreign

    currencies in the long run.

    We then complement this research with data analysis through econometrics principles to

    estimate the coefficient of each of the determinants to see whether indeed they significantly

    affect the exchange rate in Ghana.

    Assumptions

    1. Nominal exchange rate is used as the dependent variable in this analysis.

    2. There is a linear relationship between exchange rate and the independent variables.

    3. The Ordinary Least Square together with its assumptions is used to estimate the

    variances and the parameters of the independent variables.

    4. The variables fit the additive model type of time series specification

    5. Gross domestic product, inflation and interest rate on all assets of Ghanas trading

    partners are held constant.

    6. All assets are held in the form of 91- days Treasury bills.

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    We will first of all establish a relationship the exchange rate between the cedi and the US

    dollar and its determinants. The main type of data used is the time series data and limited

    between the period 1992 and 2010. Relevant statistics are collected from various sources.

    The following variables; balance of trade (net export between Ghana and US) was obtained

    from the World Economic Outlook of International Monetary Fund and the Ghana Statistical

    Service whereas the data on Treasury bill rates and foreign exchange rates were obtained

    from the Bank of Ghana.

    The following notations are used;

    Excht is the exchange rate

    TBRDt is the Treasury bill rate differentials

    INFDt is the inflation differentials

    NXt is the Net export or balance of payments

    Where exchange rate is measured in cedis, Treasury bill rate and inflation are in percentages

    and Net export is measured in millions of dollars.

    Model Specification

    Based on the assumptions and variables defined, we specify an additive model as:

    .. (1)

    Where Bi s represent the coefficients of the independent variables and etrepresents all errors

    incurred in measuring the dependent variable, specifying the model and omitting any other

    determinants of exchange rate in Ghana. Now since GDP, interest on assets and inflation of

    all Ghanas trading partners are held constant, the specified model in equation (1) reduces to:

    .. (2)

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    But we also know that net export depends on both price levels and the level of productivity.

    In other words, there is a relationship between balance of trade, price levels and output levels

    of an economy when analyzing international trade. Therefore we reduce equation (2) to:

    . (3)

    4.1 REGRESSION RESULTS AND INTERPRETATION

    Using data in appendix 2, we obtain the following results;

    Model Summary

    Model Summary

    ANOVA

    Model

    Sum of

    Squares Df

    Mean

    Square F Sig.1 Regression 3.193 2 1.596 31.225 .000Residual .818 16 .051Total 4.011 18

    Coefficients

    Model R R Square

    AdjustedR Square

    Std. Error ofthe Estimate

    1 .892 .796 .771 .22610

    Model

    UnstandardizedCoefficients

    StandardizedCoefficients

    T Sig.BStd.Error Beta

    1 (Constant) .922 .165 5.583 .00091 - DAY

    TREASURYBILL RATE

    -.019 .005 -.471 -3.719 .002

    NET EXORT -.001 .000 -.573 -4.525 .000

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    ... (4)

    (0.167) (0.007) (0.000)

    Now considering equation (4), the coefficient of the Treasury bill rate is negative and

    statistically significant because we are 99.8% confident that interest on assets affect exchange

    rate. And the interpretation is that a 1% change in interest rate on assets in Ghana with that of

    US held constant, will cause about Gh0.019 change in exchange rate in the opposite

    direction, holding all other variables constant. Hence the model has established the negative

    relationship between the exchange rate and the interest rate on assets as required. This result

    indicates that in reality interest rate on assets is one of the determinants of exchange rate

    between the cedi and the dollar.

    Equation (4) also shows that the coefficient of net export between Ghana and US is negative

    and statistically significant at all levels. And so the interpretation is that when Ghanas

    balance of payments change by $1, the exchange rate between the cedi and the dollar will

    change by GH0.001 in the opposite direction holding all other variables constant. The model

    has a high coefficient of determination (R2) which indicates that the determinants jointly

    explain about 80% of the variations in the dependent variable (Exchange rate). The

    parameters in general are statistically significant since the P-value of F is significant at all

    levels (that is Prob > F = 0.000). This implies that, the independent variables are indeed the

    major determinants of exchange rate movements in Ghana.

    However, the fact that these variables affect the exchange rate between the cedi and dollar

    does not necessarily mean that they also affect the effective exchange rate. To address this

    problem, we will further establish a relationship between the dependent variable (effective

    exchange rate) and the independent variables (balance of payments and interest rate on

    assets) using the same model.

    . (5)

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    Where EERt is the effective exchange rate at year twith base year 2005. The necessary data

    is taken from The state of the Ghanaian economy by ISSER, 2009 and 2010 editions.

    Making use of the data in appendix 1, we also obtain the following results;

    Model Summary

    Model R R -Square

    Adjusted R-

    Square

    Std. Error of

    the Estimate

    1 .934 .872 .821 2.50092

    ANOVA

    Model

    Sum of

    Squares Df Mean Square F Sig.

    1 Regression 213.766 2 106.883 17.089 .006

    Residual 31.273 5 6.255

    Total 245.039 7

    Coefficients

    Model

    Unstandardized

    Coefficients

    Standardized

    Coefficients

    T Sig.B Std. Error Beta

    1 (Constant) 110.654 3.447 32.099 .000

    interest rate -1.261 .221 -.947 -5.698 .002

    net export -.001 .000 -.469 -2.823 .037

    .. (6)(3.447) (0.221) (0.000)

    Equation (6) also establishes a negative relationship between the effective exchange rate and

    the independent variables which are the balance of payments and interest rate on assets. Since

    each of the parameters is statistically significant at levels less than 5% conventional and the

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    overall significance of the parameters is also less than 5%, then we can conclude that indeed

    the effective exchange rate is also determined by both balance of payments and interest rates

    on assets.

    5. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

    The main aim of this study was to establish the determinants of exchange rates movement in

    Ghana and our objective has been achieved through the use of an econometric analysis.

    Based on the regression results, it is clear that interest rate and net exports are the main

    determinants of exchange rates movement in Ghana. Indeed the coefficient of each of the

    independent variables conforms to economic theory. There is the need to encourage export

    rather than import which will bring about a high trade balance (surplus) that will reduce the

    exchange rate and appreciate the cedi to an equilibrium level.

    Policy makers need to put in place measures that will ensure a stable macroeconomic

    environment with the aim of having a stable exchange rate system. This will attract both

    foreign and viable Ghanaian investors to engage in investment portfolios.

    REFERENCES:

    1. Albina, M. 2011. International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Economic Outlook

    2. Appiah, S. T and I.A. Adetunde, 2011. Current Research Journal of Economic Theory 3

    (2): 76-83.

    3. Osei-Assibey, K.P., 2010. Exchange rate volatility in LDCs.

    4. Zakari, M. and O. Afriyie, 2004.Bank of Ghana: Working paper.

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    5. Herbst, J.I., 1993.Politics of Exchange Rate Reform in Ghana: Strategy and Tactics

    7. ISSER., 2009 and 2010.The state of the Ghanaian economy.

    8. Bank of Ghana., 2010. Treasury Bill Interest Equivalence Rates.

    9. Sackey, S.H.,University of Manitoba, Canada.

    10. Mihkin, F.,2004.The Economics of Money Banking and Financial System

    Appendix

    Appendix 2

    Year EER Rates on T-bills(91 days) Export(mUS$) Import(mUS$) NX(mUS$)

    2003 92.8 18.09 1990.4 3850 -1859.6

    2004 91.5 16.38 2285.7 5192.7 -29072005 100 11.13 2370.7 5932.5 -3561.8

    2006 107.3 9.41 2845 7043.2 -4198.2

    2007 104.5 10.34 3403.7 9571.9 -6168.2

    2008 99.5 18.22 4598.9 12205.5 -7606.6

    2009 91.6 21.33 3425.4 10470.8 -7045.4

    2010 98.1 11.89 7960.08 10922.1 -2962.02

    Sources: The state of Ghanaian economy, 2009 and 2010 editions, World data bank official website.

    Appendix 1

    Year

    Exch. rate

    GH T-bill rate(Gh) NX($mm)1992 0.04 20.85 -27.6

    1993 0.06 34.6 0.3

    1994 0.0956 30.72 74.1

    1995 0.12 38.37 28.9

    1996 0.164 42.01 -124.4

    1997 0.12 45.82 -159.7

    1998 0.23 38.41 -81.9

    1999 0.35 26.46 -24.1

    2000 0.7 36.91 13.4

    2001 0.704 41.65 -12.52002 0.73 25.96 -76.1

    2003 0.84 29.95 -127.3

    2004 0.89 18.29 -164.2

    2005 0.91 16.35 -179

    2006 0.92 11.11 -97.3

    2007 0.97 10.32 -217.6

    2008 1.21 18.86 -386.2

    2009 1.42 24.48 -580.9

    2010 1.47 13.57 -715.9Sources: World economic outlook of International Monetary Fund, The Bank of Ghana and World data bank official website.

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