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Economic Commentary

Money Growth and Inflation: How Long is the Long-Run?

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The growth rate of the money supply currently receives little attention in the conduct of monetary policy. While guarding against rising inflation is one of the Federal Reserve’s primary objectives, the Fed has found the short-run relationship between money growth and inflation too unreliable for money growth to merit much attention.

08.01.1999ISSN 2163-3738 EC 8/1/1999

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Fitzgerald, Terry J. 1999. “Money Growth and Inflation: How Long is the Long-Run?” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Economic Commentary 8/1/1999.

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