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SS1: ECONOMICS - 3RD TERM

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  2. Financial Institutions I
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  4. Financial Institutions III
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  5. Business Organisation
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Instruments Used by Central Bank to Control Commercial Banks

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  • Instruments Used by Central Bank to Control Commercial Banks
    • Open Market Operation (OMO)
    • Bank Rate
    • Liquidity or Cash Reserves Ratio
    • Special Deposits
    • Moral Suasion

Central bank uses the following instruments to control the activities of commercial banks:

Open Market Operation (OMO):

This is the sale and purchase of government securities by the central bank. When the central bank feels that the quantity of money in circulation is too much, it sells treasury bills to commercial banks and collects money from them, thus reducing their lending capacity.

On the other hand, if the quantity of money in circulation is low the 

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