Monetary Policy and Commercial Banks Performance in Nigeria

Student: David Ndubueze Okeke (Project, 2025)
Department of Banking and Finance
University of Port-Harcourt, Rivers State

Abstract

The study carried out considered the monetary policy and commercial banks performance in nigeria. This study engages the use of 40 years, from 1982 to 2022; due to the data requirement, not all banks was captured by the central bank of Nigeria statistical bulletins (2022) were considered. 5 independent variables; Bank Size, Cash Reserve Ratio, Money Supply, Exchange rate, Monetary policy rate. Considered to examined the commercial banks performance measured by the Return on Equity. The data were analyzed using inferential statistics. Based in the results of test, the ordinary least squared method was used. The ordinary least square method was run and the mean result were 0.950078. The monetary policy variables including bank size, cash reserve ratio, exchange rate had no significant effect to the return of equity. However, monetary policy rate, money supply had significant effect to equity. The study concluded that, the monetary policy and commercial banks performances in Nigeria reveals a complex interplay of factors. The central banks effort to implement various monetary measures have influenced the banking sector in significant ways

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monetary policy commercial banks performance nigeria
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