Impact of Monetary Policy on Banks Profitability in Nigeria (A Case Study of Guaranty Trust Bank)

TABLE OF CONTENT

Title Page                                                                                   

Certification                                                                                 ii

Dedication                                                                                   iii

Acknowledgement                                                                       iv

Table of Content                                                                          vi

CHAPTER ONE

1.1     Background of the Study                                                   1

1.2     Statement of Problem                                                        5

1.3     Objectives of the Study                                                     5

1.4     Significance of the Study                                                   6

1.5     Scope of the Study and Limitations                                    6

1.6     Hypothesis                                                                         7

1.7     Statements of Research Question                                       8

CHAPTER TWO

Literature Review

2.1     Preamble Objectives of Monetary Policy                           9

2.2     Major Objectives of Monetary Policy                                10

2.3     Basic Techniques of Monetary Policy                               11

2.4     Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Experience

 Under Direct Control                                                        12

2.5.    Limitation of Direct Monetary Control                              14

2.6.    A Review of the Major Monetary Policy                           15

2.7     Transmission Mechanism of Monetary Policy                   23     

2.8     Assessment of the Degree of the Effectives                       27     

CHAPTER THREE

3.1     Research Methodology                                                      31     

3.2     Sources of Data                                                                 31

3.3     Types of Data Collected                                                     32

3.4     Data Analysis Technique                                                   32

3.5     Statement of Hypothesis                                                    32

CHAPTER FOUR

Data Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation

4.1     Introduction                                                                       34

4.2     The Case Study                                                                 35

4.3     Data Presentation                                                               36     

4.4     Data Analysis and Presentation                                          39

CHAPTER FIVE

Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation

5.1     Summary of Findings                                                        51

5.2.    Conclusion                                                                        52

5.3.    Recommendation                                                               53

BIBLIOGRAPHY                                                             55

CHAPTER ONE

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

A country’s financial sector is the major channel through which funds are mobilized for borrowing and lending transactions. A poorly regulated or managed financial sector or one with insufficient capital for the risks can increase a country’s vulnerability to financial crises.

Improved financial sector regulation and supervision ensures the financial institution take adequate steps to manage risks. Appropriate financial sector policies can stop help to establish deep and liquid domestics capital markets which will reduce the incentive for excessive borrowings. On general, improved financial sector regulation and supervision can help prevent crises by making national economics less vulnerable to adverse developments at home and abroad. Financial sector crises have occurred in many countries in recent times; both in developed as well emerging market economics. These crises have resulted in substantial macro-economic and fiscal costs. Bank failures are widely perceived to have a greater adverse effect on the economy than the failure of the other types of businesses. They are viewed to be more damaging than other failures because of the fear that they may spread in domino.  Fashion through out the banking system, feeling solvent went as well as insolvent banks.