Zimbabwe commercial banks liquidity management in the hyperinflation environment

The paper investigated liquidity management by commercial banks when there was hyperinflation. The main enquiry of this study v/as to understand how Zimbabwe commercial banks managed liquidity risk In a hyperintlatlonary environment. To achieve this, information was obtained from primary sources...

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Main Authors: Chikoko, Laurine, Pierre, Le Roux
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description The paper investigated liquidity management by commercial banks when there was hyperinflation. The main enquiry of this study v/as to understand how Zimbabwe commercial banks managed liquidity risk In a hyperintlatlonary environment. To achieve this, information was obtained from primary sources with data collected from decision makers ot fifteen commercial banks which met the criteria of full scale operation from 2000 -2009. To compliment this, secondary data sources were used. Focal areas ot the study wore to analyse years of bank business; ownership; liquidity risk management responsibility; products ottered by commercial banks: major sources of funds and applications; Internal and external liquid Instruments to manage liquidity risk, impact of inflation on liquidity risk management; and the effect the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe instruments introduced to fight inflation. The findings show that liquidity risk management during tho hyperinflation was a challenge. The Instruments used by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to fight Inflation had negative effect on commercial banks asset and liability management. In line with this, the monetary authorities were recommended to put In place measures which took into consideration the impact of their policies on bank liquidity risk management when there are problems of high inflation. Tho study also rocommends commeicial banks to take proactive management measures and long term views to operations, in other words beyond the current challenges posed by inflation. In the process banks would create new demand for the products.
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spelling ir-11408-4532022-06-27T13:49:06Z Zimbabwe commercial banks liquidity management in the hyperinflation environment Chikoko, Laurine Pierre, Le Roux, Commercial banks liquidity management, assets liabilities. hyperinflation. The paper investigated liquidity management by commercial banks when there was hyperinflation. The main enquiry of this study v/as to understand how Zimbabwe commercial banks managed liquidity risk In a hyperintlatlonary environment. To achieve this, information was obtained from primary sources with data collected from decision makers ot fifteen commercial banks which met the criteria of full scale operation from 2000 -2009. To compliment this, secondary data sources were used. Focal areas ot the study wore to analyse years of bank business; ownership; liquidity risk management responsibility; products ottered by commercial banks: major sources of funds and applications; Internal and external liquid Instruments to manage liquidity risk, impact of inflation on liquidity risk management; and the effect the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe instruments introduced to fight inflation. The findings show that liquidity risk management during tho hyperinflation was a challenge. The Instruments used by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to fight Inflation had negative effect on commercial banks asset and liability management. In line with this, the monetary authorities were recommended to put In place measures which took into consideration the impact of their policies on bank liquidity risk management when there are problems of high inflation. Tho study also rocommends commeicial banks to take proactive management measures and long term views to operations, in other words beyond the current challenges posed by inflation. In the process banks would create new demand for the products. 2014-09-08T19:34:05Z 2014-09-08T19:34:05Z 2012-12-05 Article 1993-8233 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/453 en African Journal of Business Management;Vol. 6;(48), open Academic Journals
spellingShingle Commercial banks liquidity management, assets liabilities. hyperinflation.
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Pierre, Le Roux,
Zimbabwe commercial banks liquidity management in the hyperinflation environment
title Zimbabwe commercial banks liquidity management in the hyperinflation environment
title_full Zimbabwe commercial banks liquidity management in the hyperinflation environment
title_fullStr Zimbabwe commercial banks liquidity management in the hyperinflation environment
title_full_unstemmed Zimbabwe commercial banks liquidity management in the hyperinflation environment
title_short Zimbabwe commercial banks liquidity management in the hyperinflation environment
title_sort zimbabwe commercial banks liquidity management in the hyperinflation environment
topic Commercial banks liquidity management, assets liabilities. hyperinflation.
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