00804nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000008000260001710000230004324501120006626000680017830000100024652004080025658300180066420260716043926.0  a11.02.01 M742bi(2000)  aBirchwood, Anthony  aThe appropriateness of monetary instruments employed by Caribbean central banks - preliminary investigation  b[Caribbean Centre for Money & Finance]a[St. Augustine]TTc2000  a21 p.  aInvestigates whether the instruments used for the conduct of monetary policy have been effective in absorbing liquidity and whether there have been negative implications for the stability of the financial sector, resulting from the use of these instruments.  Utilises panel data consisting of 13 banks located in Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.  The sample is drawn for the period 1998 to 1996.  c1/22/09kJOYD