Research Abstract

Monetarists believe that the state of the economy can be explained by the quantity theory of money,  MV=PY. However the quantity theory of credit, MC=PY has received much less attention. This paper seeks to describe the relationship between the stock of credit in the national economy and GDP. Implications for fiscal policy regarding federal government debt and private sector debt is then analyzed.

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