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The money supply in macroeconomics

Howells, Peter

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Authors

Peter Howells



Contributors

Miguel Angel Galindo-Martin
Editor

Cristina Nardi Spiller
Editor

Abstract

The notion that the quantity of money in an economy might be endogenously determined has a long history. Even so, it has never been part of mainstream economic thinking which has remained dominated by the view that the policymaker somehow controls the stock of money and that interest rates are market-determined. However, the need to design and operate a monetary policy that works for modern economies as they are currently constructed, has led to the emergence of the so-called ‘new consensus macroeconomics’ in which it is recognised that the policymaker sets a short-term interest rate and the quantities of money and credit are demand-determined.
This chapter looks at the way in which this ‘new consensus’ is (at last) forcing a recognition, in the teaching of money, that the money supply is endogenously determined. It also shows how we can take this further by adding a banking sector to a model of the real economy in which the money supply is endogenously determined.

Citation

Howells, P. (2010). The money supply in macroeconomics. In M. A. Galindo-Martin, & C. N. Spiller (Eds.), Issues in Economic Thought (161-184). New York: Nova Science Publishers Inc

Publication Date Jan 1, 2010
Deposit Date Dec 14, 2010
Publicly Available Date Nov 6, 2016
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Pages 161-184
Series Title Economic Issues, Problems and Perspectives
Book Title Issues in Economic Thought
ISBN 9781608761739
Keywords money supply, endogeneity, quanity theory, IS/LM
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/985727
Publisher URL https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=10907
Related Public URLs http://carecon.org.uk/DPs/0904.pdf
Additional Information Additional Information : Reprinted from: Issues in Economic Thought, The money supply in macroeconomics, pp.161-184, copyright 2010, Peter Howells with permission from Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

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