At a quick glance, the behavior of various monetary aggregates in the recent past is quite bewildering. Since the beginning of 1991 (through June, 1992) Ml has grown at an annual rate of 10.5 percent, the adjusted monetary base at an annual rate of 7.8 percent, adjusted reserves at an annual...

The Shadow Open Market Committee has traditionally summarized its monetary-policy advice in a recommended rate of growth of the monetary base. However, since the Shadow Open Market Committee meeting in the spring of 1991, our recommendation has deemphasized the base because rapid growth in...

This position paper is divided into three parts. In the first part an analysis is present indicating the extent to which various forces have affected the growth of M1 since last November. (At the time of this writing August data are not yet available. I expect that the analysis can be updated to...