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LT 11 - Module 3 The Quantity Theory of Money - Classical
LT 11 - Module 3 The Quantity Theory of Money - Classical
Classical View
By: Dr Anup
Outline
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Brief of Quantity Theory of Money
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• At the end of World War I, Germany was required to
pay reparations to the Allies
Hyperinflation in • Germany began running large deficits
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Price of a newspaper in Germany, 1921-1923:
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How Germany Solved it?
• Fiscal reform ended the inflation
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Recent Case of Hyperinflation: Venezuela Crisis
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Venezuela’s Annual Inflation Rate
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Venezuela: Inflation rate from 1985 to 2024
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Reasons of Venezuela's inflation
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The Classical Quantity Theory of Money
• The starting point for the classical quantity theory of money is the equation of exchange, an
identity relating the volume of transactions at current prices to the supply of money times the
turnover rate of each rupee.
• This turnover rate for money, which measures the average number of times each dollar is used
in transactions during the period, is called the velocity of money .
Irving Fisher, noted this identity as
MV = PT
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Another expression of the equation of exchange focuses only on
income transactions
MV = PY
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Money Supply and Prices
MV = PY
If velocity is constant and income is not determined by the money supply (in the long run),
then:
When M↑ P↑
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Money Supply and the Price Level
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Money Supply and the Price Level
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THANK
YO U !
Dr. Anup
anupk.yadava@ddn.upes.ac.in
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