Prices may rise if lending picks up in major economies
Commentators cite the quantity theory of money to support forecasts of inflation, but short-run linkages are weak
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- Long-run data support the theory
- Short-run dynamics work against it
- Central banks create smallest monetary aggregate
- Interest rate governance
- Less impact from slower money growth
- Shorter periods, weaker links
- Outlook
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