This paper uses a simple money demand and supply framework to estimate the impact of quantitative easing (QE) on asset prices and nominal spending. We use standard money accounting to try to establish the impact of asset purchases on broad money holdings. We show that the initial impact of £200...

1 -- Introduction: Strange Bedfellows and the Rise of Modern Money Theory -- 2. MMT Basics and the Sustainability of Money Financed Deficits -- 3. Institutional Specificity and the Limited Policy Relevance of Modern Money Theory -- 4. The Role of the Dollar as an International Currency and Its...

When limited commitment hinders unsecured credit, assets help by serving as collateral. We study models where assets differ in pledgability - the extent to which they can be used to secure loans - and hence liquidity. Although many previous analyses of imperfect credit focus on producers, we...