Abstract
A controversy has recently broken out as to whether the PSBR influences the money supply in the UK. Clearly if this relationship does not exist much of the basis of the government's macroeconomic strategy falls away since the government is acting on the assumption that by controlling the PSBR it will be able to control money supply growth and hence inflation in the medium term. This argument has been forcibly stated in the recent Green Paper on Monetary Control (Cmnd 7858) and is enshrined in the Medium‐term Financial Strategy that was announced in the March Budget.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 27-31 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Economic Outlook |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1980 |