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Currency endogeneity, instability and monetary policy

ABSTRACT

This paper tries to analyze the scope of a monetary policy in the context of endogenous money, instability, and capital mobility. It starts with the post Keynesian critique to the mainstream and concludes with the impotence of the central bank to reach the stability of prices in Brazil through the use of the classical instruments on monetary policy.

KEYWORDS:
Money supply; monetary policy; central bank

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