In this paper the relation between interest rate targets and money supply is analysed in a standard macroeconomic framework with frictionless financial markets and sticky prices. Money supplies are examined that implement equilibrium sequences satisfying forward-looking interest rate targets. An...

The money-age distribution is hump-shaped for the US post-war economy. There is no clear-cut relation between the variation of money holdings within generations and age. Furthermore, money is found to be only weakly correlated with both income and wealth. We analyze three motives for money...

We quantitatively analyze the way inflation alters the inequality of the income distribution in the U.S. economy. The main mechanism emphasized in this paper is the “bracket creep” effect according to which inflation pushes income into higher tax brackets. Governments adjust the nominal...