Title
The relation between U.S. money growth and inflation: Evidence from a band-pass filter
Date Issued
01 December 2005
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Prairie View AMUniversity
Publisher(s)
Economics Bulletin
Abstract
Christiano and Fitzgerald (2003) found a significant, positive correlation between M2 money growth and CPI inflation in all examined frequency bands for the U.S. prior to 1961. However, for post-1960 data, they found a positive correlation only in the frequency band corresponding to cycles of 20-40 years. Using their filter, we verify this result and extend the pre-1961 sample to include the monetary base and inflation calculated from the GDP deflator. In addition, we extend their post-1960 analysis to include growth in the monetary base, M1, and M3. A strongly positive correlation between post-1960 money growth and inflation exits only for the broad money aggregates and within the 20-40 year frequency band.
Volume
5
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Economía
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84892509242
Source
Economics Bulletin
ISSN of the container
15452921
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