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How the 1992 legislation will affect European financial services
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International banking facilities
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How natural is the natural rate?
In the last two decades the one macroeconomic concept which has become standard equipment in macroeconomics is the Natural Rate Hypothesis (NRH). The NRH is usually embodied as a vertical aggregate supply curve and forms a cornerstone of the "policy ineffectiveness" proposition. We emphasize that the driving power of the policy ineffectiveness proposition derives from the joint assumptions that (a) the aggregate supply curve is vertical and (b) that the aggregate supply curve is independent of aggregate demand. ; We claim that this usage of the NRH is inappropriate for many purposes. It ...
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A guide to foreign exchange markets
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Money and disaggregate supply in the United States, 1950-1982
The impact of money growth and money growth surprises on real output by sector is investigated. It is shown that money provides a significant contribution to the explanation of the real output cycles in almost all sectors of the U.S. economy. Anticipated money is found to have real effects, though there is some evidence that the real impact of money surprises is larger. ; The approach adopted offers the possibility of a new macroeconomics based upon major output categories, in contrast to the traditional Keynesian approach based upon expenditure categories. The way is, thereby, opened up for ...
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An admissible monetary aggregate for the United Kingdom