Effects of foreign currency component in monetary aggregates on money neutrality

Jimmy RAN, Jan Piaw, Thomas VOON, Guangzhong LI

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Abstract

We test the money neutrality from a new angle. The in-sample investigation provides evidence that M1 and M2 with or without foreign currency component affect nominal GDP. The out-of-sample approach shows money tends to affect nominal more than real GDP.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)435-438
Number of pages4
JournalEconomics Letters
Volume99
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2008

Funding

We wish to thank Clive W.J. Granger for his valuable suggestions to apply the modified Diebold and Mariano test in our out-of-sample analysis. We like to thank Ronald Balvers and an anonymous referee for their valuable comments.

Keywords

  • Foreign currency component
  • M1
  • M2
  • Money neutrality

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