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)
Shelley G.
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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