Money and the natural rate of interest: structural estimates for the United States and the euro area

  1. Andrés Domingo, Javier
  2. López Salido, J. David
  3. Nelson, Edward
Revista:
Documentos de trabajo - Banco de España

ISSN: 0213-2710

Any de publicació: 2008

Número: 5

Pàgines: 1-51

Tipus: Document de treball

Altres publicacions en: Documentos de trabajo - Banco de España

Resum

We examine the role of money in three environments: the New Keynesian model with separable utility and static money demand; a nonseparable utility variant with habit formation; and a version with adjustment costs for holding real balances. The last two variants imply forward-looking behavior of real money balances, with forecasts of future interest rates entering current portfolio decisions. We conduct a structural econometric analysis of the U.S. and euro area economies. FIML estimates confirm the forward-looking character of money demand. A consequence is that real money balances are valuable in anticipating future variations in the natural interest rate.