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INTRODUCTION TO THE MACROECONOMIC DYNAMICS SPECIAL ISSUES ON MONEY, CREDIT, AND LIQUIDITY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2011

Ed Nosal*
Affiliation:
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Christopher J. Waller
Affiliation:
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Randall Wright
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin–Madison and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
*
Address correspondence to: Ed Nosal, Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 230 S La Salle Street, Chicago, IL 60604, USA; e-mail: ed.nosal@chi.frb.org.

Abstract

We motivate and provide an overview to New Monetarist Economics. We then briefly describe the individual contributions to the Macroeconomics Dynamics special issues on money, credit, and liquidity.

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Introduction
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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