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Some Monetarist Reflections On Business Cycles

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  • Mihaela Ifrim

    (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, "Al. I. Cuza" University, Iasi, Romania)

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The important place that currency and bank credit have in the economy, give us the right to indicate them as major factors in determining business cycles. Starting from Mr. R. Hawtrey's famous statement ""The trade cycle is a Purely Monetary Phenomenon"", the paper aims to offer some guidelines about the role of monetary factors in the cyclical evolution of economy, as understood by the followers of the Monetarism, and some criticism of this theory. We also proposed ourselves to search the applicability of the key Monetarist approach elements on the Romanian business cycle. We found that the Romanian monetary authorities maintain a Monetarist attitude in terms of maintaining the price level stability and using low interest rate to stimulate the economy. We also observed for the case of Romania the existence of a phenomenon which the monetarist theory did not anticipate, the in- flationary recession.

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  • Mihaela Ifrim, 2011. "Some Monetarist Reflections On Business Cycles," Analele Stiintifice ale Universitatii "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" din Iasi - Stiinte Economice (1954-2015), Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, vol. 58, pages 433-440, november.
    • Handle: RePEc:aic:journl:y:2011:v:58:p:433-440
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    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • E51 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Money Supply; Credit; Money Multipliers

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