A DSGE APPROACH TO THE ANALYSIS OF MONETARY POLICY AND BUSINESS CYCLES: EVIDENCE FROM SOME SELECTED COUNTRIES
Keywords:
Monetary Policy, Business Cycles. DSGE, Anticipated, UnanticipatedAbstract
The study examines the role of monetary policy in influencing business cycles in Nigeria, Brazil, and China by estimating a small open sticky-price Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) model. The role of monetary policy is sub-divided into anticipated and unanticipated. Using quarterly data from 1986:1 to 2022:4, results show that monetary policy plays an active role in influencing business cycles in the selected countries. Furthermore, both anticipated and unanticipated monetary policies have impacts on macroeconomic variables’ volatility