recognition to the intertemporal nature of households' saving decisions. Like traditional IS-LM, however, the optimizing version … tends to understate the value of money as an indicator for monetary policy. …

high priority needs in the life, and smaller needs can be subsequent, for progressive happiness. Money cannot bring …

rate. Money’s role in monetary policy has been tertiary, at best. Indeed, several influential economists have suggested … that money is irrelevant for monetary policy. They suggest that central banks can control inflation by (i) controlling a … rate in order to exert greater control over longer-term rates. I offer an alternative perspective: namely, that money is …

of the Combrain will be to identify,plan&derive implementation methods for Basic Needs;Domestic Investment …

. Using this model, I demonstrate how a positive investment-saving correlation can arise in a world with endogenous fiscal … capital mobility. This implies that the observed investment- saving comovement is not necessarily due to imperfect capital … mobility. The model has a testable implication: it predicts a lack of Granger causality from private saving to private …

the origin of the aggregate volatility reduction. We show that states with relatively high concentrations in the durable-goods …

determined by steady-state money growth. Woodford instead argues that the intercept term in the monetary authority's interest …, according to which it is appropriate to regard steady-state inflation as determined by steady-state money growth. The argument … the money growth rate. …