This paper empirically examines the properties of a new weighted monetary aggregate, Currency equivalent monetary aggregate (CEMA) for India using the components of a broad monetary aggregate NM3 recommended by the working group on Money Supply, Analytics and Methodology of Compilation, Reserve...

This paper applies Varian's(1982,1983) non-parametric tests to obtain weakly separable monetary assets for aggregation. Using annual data (1970-1996) it was found that the official monetary aggregates M2, M3 and M4 are theoretically admissible. Some new separable groups were also obtained in the...

This paper proposes a set of alternative DEA-based money indices that are proved to be both theoretically and empirically competing monetary aggregates since they perform as good as the Divisia aggregates. Based on all the results concerning causality, forecasting and money demand, we conclude...

The developments in the Indian financial sector since the late 1980s affected the efficacy of the existing monetyary aggregates in explaining the monetary conditions in general and in providing insights into the state of liquidity in the economy in particular. Taking note of the above, the...