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Inflation and Money Demand in Albania

By Sanja Kalra

July 1, 1998

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Sanja Kalra. Inflation and Money Demand in Albania, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1998) accessed September 20, 2024
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Summary

The paper uses a simple analytical framework to estimate relationships between prices, money the exchange rate, and interest rates in Albania during 1993–97. The estimated parsimonious error correction model extends the findings of a growing literature on inflation and money demand in transition economies. The results suggest that, after the one-time effects of the 1997 crisis are taken into account, the long-run determinants of inflation and money demand remained unchanged. Strong financial policies since mid—1997 appear to have helped to restore conditions for low inflation and stable money demand.

Subject: Demand for money, Depreciation, Exchange rates, Foreign exchange, Inflation, Money, National accounts, Prices, Real exchange rates

Keywords: Albania, Chow statistics, Demand for money, Depreciation, Exchange rate, Exchange rate expectation, Exchange rates, Inflation, Interest rate, Money demand, Money demand demand shock, Money demand development, Money demand processes, Price level, Price level equation, Real exchange rates, Shocks in Albania, U.S. dollar, Vector autoregression, Vector portmanteau statistic, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    34

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1998/101

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA1011998

  • ISBN:

    9781451948585

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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