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On the monetary measures of global liquidity

Hashmi, Israr Ahmad Shah; Bhatti, Arshad Ali - In: Financial innovation : FIN 5 (2019) 19, pp. 1-23

This study constructs and examines the dynamics of theoretical and atheoretical measures of global liquidity, using … economic activity and the lag of cyclical components of the measures of global liquidity to gauge the strength of their … financial and liquidity conditions, and policy stance. Their cyclical components are also strongly associated with those of …

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The Great Depression and the Friedman-Schwartz hypothesis

Christiano, Lawrence; Motto, Roberto; Rostagno, Massimo - 2004

We evaluate the Friedman-Schwartz hypothesis that a more accommodative monetary policy could have greatly reduced the severity of the Great Depression. To do this, we first estimate a dynamic, general equilibrium model using data from the 1920s and 1930s. Although the model includes eight...

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Consumption Dynamics, Housing Collateral and Stabilisation Policies : A Way Forward for Policy Co-Ordination?

Chadha, Jagjit - 2018

We decompose aggregate consumption of heterogeneous consumers by modelling both savers and their links to collateral constrained borrowers through a bank which prices credit risk. Savers own both firms and the commercial bank while borrowers require loans from the commercial bank to e¤ect their...

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The Purchasing Power of Money in an Exchange Economy

Radwanski, Juliusz F. - 2021

Fiat money requires no backing to be accepted at a uniquely determined positive value. I show this using an equilibrium model with realistic frictions and rational households allowed to freely interact in a competitive environment. The model portrays a modern 'cashless' economy relying on...

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The 'Puzzle' of Vanishing Inflation

Carr, Douglas - 2021

Low and unresponsive inflation has been termed a “puzzle.”. The paper combines a monetary model and a growth model to explain low inflation and project its continued decline.The monetary model forecast in 2016 central banks would fail to reach 2% targets, which has been true. The model...

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The End of Inflation

Carr, Douglas - 2019

Analyzing inflation as a change in the value of a currency, rather than changes in prices of goods and services, provides perspective on three fundamental sources of inflation.A Money Value Formula produces a significant statistical fit with forward long-term inflation rates using long lags of...

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Macro-Prudential Policy on Liquidity : What Does a DSGE Model Tell Us?

Chadha, Jagjit - 2011

regulating the banking system, in particular for liquidity and capital holdings. Within the context of a micro … standard macroeconomic shocks alongside shocks to the expected liquidity of banks and to the efficiency of the banking sector … banks. Overall we find some rationale for Basel III in providing commercial banks with an incentive to hold liquid assets …

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Macro-prudential policy on liquidity : what does a DSGE model tell us?

Chadha, Jagjit; Corrado, Luisa - 2011

regulating the banking system, in particular for liquidity and capital holdings. Within the context of a micro … macroeconomic shocks alongside hocks to the expected liquidity of banks and to the efficiency of the banking sector. We focus on the … cycle. Overall we find some rationale for Basel III in providing commercial banks with an incentive to hold a greater stock …

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Stabilisation policy in a model of consumption, housing collateral and bank lending

Chadha, Jagjit; Corrado, Germana; Corrado, Luisa - 2013

We decompose aggregate consumption by modelling both savers and their links to collateral constrained borrowers through a bank which prices credit risk. Savers own both firms and the commercial bank while borrowers require loans from the commercial bank to effect their consumption plans. The...

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Monetary Equilibrium and Price Stickiness Reconsidered : A Reply to Bagus and Howden

Luther, William J. - 2014

Bagus and Howden (2011) argue that price stickiness is a poor justification for advocating a flexible money supply through the issuing of fiduciary media under central or free banking. They view the contraction in output following an exogenous increase in money demand as an optimal response,...

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