The Gambia : Demand for Broad Money and Implications for Monetary Policy Conduct /

This paper evaluates the demand for broad money (M2) in The Gambia for January 1988-June 2007. There appears to be a long-run relationship for demand for real M2, but the relationship is not stable. Exogenous output shocks, financial innovation, changes in income velocity, and inadequate data qualit...

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Main Author: Sriram, Subramanian
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/192
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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