This publication deals with the money demand in Russia from 1995 through 2010. Specifi cally, the work addresses the issue whether the use of payment cards has a signifi cant impact on the money demand. The results indicate that the monetary aggregate M1 can be a tool in conducting monetary policy.

This publication deals with the money demand in Russia from 1995 through 2010. Specifi cally, the work addresses the issue whether the use of payment cards has a signifi cant impact on the money demand. The results indicate that the monetary aggregate M1 can be a tool in conducting monetary policy.

A small macroeconomic model is constructed to study the transmission of the monetary policy conducted by the Deutsche Bundesbank (DBB) since the middle of the 1970s. For this purpose quarterly, seasonally unadjusted data for the period from 1975 to 1998 are used, that is, the period until the...

Recent empirical studies have found evidence of unstable long run money demand functions if recent data are used. If the link between money balances and the macroeconomy is fragile, the rationale of monetary aggregates in the ECB strategy has to be doubted. In contrast we present a "stable''...

Monetary growth in the euro area has exceeded its target since several years. At the same time, the money demand function seems to be increasingly unstable if more recent data are used. If the link between money balances and the macroeconomy is fragile, the rationale of monetary aggregates in...

Money growth in the euro area has exceeded its target since 2001. Likewise, recent empirical studies did not find evidence in favour of a stable long run money demand function. The equation appears to be increasingly unstable if more recent data are used. If the link between money balances and...