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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779401403321

Autore

Han Linghui

Titolo

Optimal Liquidity and Economic Stability / / Linghui Han, Il Lee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012

ISBN

1-4755-0968-5

1-4755-3789-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (24 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

LeeIl

Soggetti

Liquidity (Economics)

Monetary policy

International finance

Finance: General

Macroeconomics

Money and Monetary Policy

Industries: Financial Services

Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Macroeconomic Data

Data Access

Investment

Capital

Intangible Capital

Capacity

Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General

Portfolio Choice

Investment Decisions

Price Level

Inflation

Deflation

Financial Institutions and Services: General

Macroeconomics: Consumption

Saving

Wealth

Finance

Monetary economics

Liquidity

Asset prices

Monetary aggregates



Financial sector

Consumption

Economics

Prices

Money supply

Financial services industry

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Asia and Pacific Department."

"May 2012."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Defining Liquidity and Optimality; III. Testing for Causality between Liquidity and Prices; IV. Relationship between liquidity and consumption; V. Summary and Conclusion; References; Annexes; A. Sources of Data and Estimation Results; B. Relationship Liquidity and Demand

Sommario/riassunto

Monetary aggregates are now much less used as policy instruments as identifying the right measure has become difficult and interest rate transmission has worked well in an increasingly complex financial system. In this process, little attention was paid to the potential spillover of excess liquidity. This paper suggests a notional level of "optimal" liquidity beyond which asset prices will start to rise faster than the GDP deflator, thereby creating a gap between the face value and the real purchasing value of financial assets and widen the wedge in income between those with capital stock and those living on salaries. Such divergence will eventually lead to an abrupt and disorderly adjustment of the asset value, with repercussions on the real sector.