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In the Netherlands not much attention is paid to money supply figures as an indicator of actual monetary conditions. This can be partly explained by the publication lag and the continuous revisions of seasonally adjusted data. However, the information that can be derived from money supply figures is limited because of ‘temporary disturbances originating from the foreign exchange market. In this paper a correction method for these temporary disturbances is proposed. Money supply figures show a much closer link to real economic activity when corrected in this way.
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A different version of this essay with less emphasis on Holland but more information about other West-European countries has been published as chapter II “Watching the money supply” in: Eduard J. Bomhoff,Monetary Uncertainty, Amsterdam and New York, 1983. We gratefully acknowledge the able research assistance of Isolde B. Woittiez and Geert Rouwenhorst; Kempen and Co. kindly provided the two figures.
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Bomhoff, E.J., Veugelers, P.T.W.M. Money creation and economic activity. De Economist 131, 498–516 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02109407
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