The future of monetary aggregates in monetary policy analysis

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1029-1059

  Nelson, Edward ^a  

^a BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inflation; Monetary aggregates; Monetary policy; Money; Taylor rules; Transmission mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042164208     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(03)00063-1     Document Type: Article

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