Demand for broad money in Singapore: does wealth matter?

Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah () and Siew-Voon Soon

Journal of Economics and Finance, 2015, vol. 39, issue 3, 557-573

Abstract: We present a stable long-run relationship between real money balances and its determinants, including asset prices, to capture wealth effects. The major findings are, first, asset (housing) prices have a noticeable, positive, and a significant effect on the demand for broad money in Singapore. Developments in the housing market alter the structure of money demand and, so, may complicate the conduct of monetary policies. Second, no evidence of a monetary overhang is found, and the augmented wealth model passes a battery of diagnostic tests. Third, the results confirm that the estimated model is invariant to policy changes and, consequently, immune to the so-called Lucas critiques. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015

Keywords: Global financial crisis; House price; Monetary overhang; Money demand; C22; E41; E52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s12197-013-9267-x

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