Using Swiss data from 1983 to 2008, this paper investigates whether growth rates of the different measures of the quantity of money and or excess money can be used to forecast inflation. After a preliminary data analysis, money demand relations are specified, estimated and tested. Then,...

Money growth in the euro area has exceeded its target since 2001. Likewise, recent empirical studies did not find evidence in favour of a stable long run money demand function. The equation appears to be increasingly unstable if more recent data are used. If the link between money balances and...

Die Geldmenge M3 steigt seit einigen Jahren stärker, als es der Referenzwert der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) vorsieht. Die überschüssige Liquiditätsversorgung wird oftmals als Indikator für aufkommende Infl ationsgefahren interpretiert, denen die EZB möglichst frühzeitig durch...

This paper examines the forecasting performance of a broad monetary aggregate (M3) in predicting euro area inflation. Excess liquidity is measured as the difference between the actual money stock and its fundamental value, the latter determined by a money demand function. The out-of sample...