Does Money Matter for U.S. Inflation? : Evidence from Bayesian VARs /

We use Bayesian estimation techniques to investigate whether money growth Granger-causes inflation in the United States. We test for Granger-causality out-of-sample and find, perhaps surprisingly given recent theoretical arguments, that including money growth in simple VAR models of inflation does s...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Osterholm, Par
Andere auteurs: Berger, Helge
Formaat: Tijdschrift
Taal:English
Gepubliceerd in: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Reeks:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/076
Online toegang:Full text available on IMF