An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Interest Rates to Facilitate Price Stability and Economic Growth in South Africa
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Monetary policy; interest rates; price stability; economic growth; VAR model;All these keywords.
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- E65 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Studies of Particular Policy Episodes
- O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
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