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A note on the optimal level of monetary aggregation in the United Kingdom

Elger, Thomas LU ; Jones, Barry LU ; Edgerton, David LU and Binner, Jane M (2008) In Macroeconomic Dynamics 12(1). p.117-131
Abstract
Weak separability is a key admissibility property in the Divisia approach to monetary aggregation. We test groups of U.K. household sector monetary assets for weak separability using new data underlying the Bank of England's benchmark revision of its household sector Divisia index. Nonparametric tests are used to identify four monetary asset groupings, which are weakly separable over all or almost all of the post-ERM period (1992:4-2005:1). We construct Divisia monetary aggregates for these four groupings and investigate their information content in two applications. The main findings are that Divisia money has direct effects on aggregate demand and that the growth rates of the nominal Divisia monetary aggregates Granger cause nominal... (More)
Weak separability is a key admissibility property in the Divisia approach to monetary aggregation. We test groups of U.K. household sector monetary assets for weak separability using new data underlying the Bank of England's benchmark revision of its household sector Divisia index. Nonparametric tests are used to identify four monetary asset groupings, which are weakly separable over all or almost all of the post-ERM period (1992:4-2005:1). We construct Divisia monetary aggregates for these four groupings and investigate their information content in two applications. The main findings are that Divisia money has direct effects on aggregate demand and that the growth rates of the nominal Divisia monetary aggregates Granger cause nominal output growth, but not inflation. (Less)
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monetary aggregation, nonparametric tests, weak separability
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Macroeconomic Dynamics
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12
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117 - 131
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Cambridge University Press
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1365-1005
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  series       = {{Macroeconomic Dynamics}},
  title        = {{A note on the optimal level of monetary aggregation in the United Kingdom}},
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  doi          = {{10.1017/S136510050706035X}},
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