Macroeconomic Policy, Monetary Economics and Financial Stability
How monetary, fiscal and financial-sector policies influence economic stability, growth and welfare — inflation dynamics and forecasting, monetary-policy regimes, exchange-rate volatility, public and external debt, domestic arrears, and macroeconomic responses to external shocks. The work speaks to central banking, debt management, financial-sector regulation and national macroeconomic planning.
Key topics
- Inflation modelling and forecasting
- Monetary-policy effectiveness and regime changes
- Exchange rates, interest rates and external balances
- Public debt, foreign debt and domestic arrears
- Financial stability and bank competition
- Macroeconomic effects of oil and commodity-price shocks
- Fiscal stabilisation, informality and economic growth
Contributing faculty
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Prof. William Godfred Cantah
Associate Professor of Economics; Head of Department
Macroeconomics, monetary policy and applied policy modelling
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Prof. Emmanuel Ekow Asmah
Associate Professor of Economics; Vice Dean, School of Economics
Development and health economics, CGE-based policy modelling
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Prof. Ferdinand Ahiakpor
Professor of Economics (currently on formal secondment)
Labour and industrial economics, economic policy modelling
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Prof. Mark Kojo Armah
Associate Professor of Economics; inaugural Head of Department (2018–2020)
Development economics, econometrics and macroeconomic modelling
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Prof. William Gabriel Brafu-Insaidoo
Associate Professor of Economics; former Head of Department
Fiscal and monetary policy, international finance
