Monetary aggregates as indicators of economic activity in Canada: empirical evidence

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  • Pierre L. Siklos
  • Andrew G. Barton
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Empirical evidence linking monetary aggregates to variables such as inflation and economic growth has weakened over the past two decades. In this study we re-examine these relationships by creating composite monetary aggregates that switch among existing monetary aggregates, using quarterly data over the sample 1971–99. Overall, composite monetary aggregates appear to be useful in explaining or forecasting short-run movements in GDP growth and inflation. Also, the most successful composite monetary aggregates produce switch dates that overlap with the introduction of financial innovations. These subsequently prompted the Bank of Canada to revise or introduce new monetary aggregates. JEL Classification: E51, E52, C52, C53 Les agrégats monétaires en tant qu’indicateurs de l’activité économique: résultats empiriques. Les résultats empiriques jaugeant les liens entre les agrégats monétaires et des variables telles que l’inflation et la croissance économique montrent que ces liens se sont affaiblis au cours des deux dernières décennies. Ce mémoire examine ces relations en créant des agrégats monétaires composites qui se déplacent entre les agrégats usuels selon certains critères statistiques. L’étude utilise des données trimestrielles pour la période 1971–99. Dans l’ensemble, les agrégats monétaires composites semblent plus utiles pour expliquer ou prévoir les mouvements à court terme dans le niveau de croissance du PIB et de l’inflation. De plus, les agrégats monétaires composites qui ont le plus de succès suggèrent des moments de déplacement qui correspondent à des discontinuités marquant la mise en place d’innovations financières. Celles-ci ont entraîné la Banque du Canada à reviser les agrégats monétaires usuels ou à en suggérer de nouveaux. This paper was written while Andrew Barton was a graduate student at Wilfrid Laurier University. Financial support from Wilfrid Laurier University is gratefully acknowledged, as is funding from SSHRC grant 410-98-0071. Loretta Nott and Jean-Pierre Aubry of the Bank of Canada generously provided us with some of the data used in this study. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Canadian Economics Association Conference in Ottawa ~June 1998!. Comments by two anonymous referees and Peter Thurlow on earlier drafts are gratefully acknowledged. Jon Aikens and Tyler Eylea provided valuable research assistance. Test results not presented in the main body of the paper are available from the first author. Email: [email protected] Canadian Journal of Economics 0 Revue canadienne d’Economique, Vol. 34, No. 1 February 0 février 2001. Printed in Canada 0 Imprimé au Canada 0008-4085 0 01 0 1–17 0 r Canadian Economics Association

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تاریخ انتشار 2001