JAMB Economics · National income, money and public finance

Financial institutions: JAMB Economics Past Questions and Answers

What the JAMB syllabus covers in Financial institutions

Our summary: Banks and other financial institutions, money and capital markets, money creation and monetary policy in Nigeria.

  • Types and functions of financial institutions (traditional, central bank, mortgage banks, merchant banks, insurance companies, building societies)
  • The role of financial institutions in economic development
  • Money and capital markets
  • Financial sector regulations
  • Deposit money banks and the creation of money
  • Monetary policy and its instruments
  • Challenges facing financial institutions in Nigeria

Objectives

  • identify the types and functions of financial institutions;
  • explain the roles of financial institutions in economic development;
  • distinguish between the money and capital markets;
  • identify the various financial sector regulators and their functions;
  • explain the money creation process and its challenges;
  • examine the various monetary policy instruments and their effects;
  • appraise the challenges facing the financial institutions in Nigeria.

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JAMB Economics questions on Financial institutions

  1. JAMB 2024Stock exchange market deals with
  2. JAMB 2023Institutions serving as links between surplus and deficit units can be identified as
  3. JAMB 2023Which of the following is an example of expansionary monetary policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria?
  4. JAMB 2022Commercial banks are different from development banks in that the latter
  5. JAMB 2022The use of the bank rate, cash ratio and open market operations constitute
  6. JAMB 2022If the Central Bank increases its bank rate
  7. JAMB 2022What happens when the central bank increases the bank rate in an economy
  8. JAMB 2022The stock exchange is an example of the
  9. JAMB 2020Which of the following is used by the central bank to control the rate of interest
  10. JAMB 2020To control inflation, the monetary authorities of a country can
  11. JAMB 2020The Nigerian bank for commerce and industry is?
  12. JAMB 2020One of the techniques of monetary control used by the central bank of Nigeria is
  13. JAMB 2019Restrictive monetary policy is designed to curtail aggregate demand and to overcome …
  14. JAMB 2019An Instrument used by the central bank to fix commercial and merchant banks total credit to domestic economy is …
  15. JAMB 2018The bank type responsible for the formulation of rules and regulations guiding the banking industry is known as?
  16. JAMB 2018Commercial bank reserves at the Central Bank …
  17. JAMB 2018Mortgage banks give loans to investors on a long term basics to …
  18. JAMB 2018A capital market differs from the money market in that in the former … ?
  19. JAMB 2017Which of the following institutions does not operate in the money market?
  20. JAMB 2017Which of the following is NOT an instrument in the money market?
  21. JAMB 2017A partnership sourcing for funds to expand its business would approach …
  22. JAMB 2016Which of the following is NOT among the financial institutions in Nigeria?
  23. JAMB 2016The interest charged on loans is determined by the … ?
  24. JAMB 2015The financial institution known as a building society is
  25. JAMB 2015A commercial bank can create money by

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