Is Quantity Theory Still Alive?

27 Pages Posted: 22 Nov 2010

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Pedro Teles

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Harald Uhlig

University of Chicago - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Date Written: October 2010

Abstract

This paper investigates whether the quantity theory of money is still alive. We argue that it is, but that the slippage is not negligible. For countries with low inflation, the relationship between average inflation and the growth rate of money is tenuous at best. A correction for variation in output growth and the opportunity cost of money, using theory implied elasticities, helps explain the slippage. For the period since 1990, inflation targeting at low rates of inflation makes it harder to establish the long run relationship between monetary growth and inflation.

Keywords: Inflation, Money demand, Quantity Theory of Money

JEL Classification: E31, E40, E41, E52

Suggested Citation

Teles, Pedro and Uhlig, Harald, Is Quantity Theory Still Alive? (October 2010). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8049, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1711062

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