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Abstract
This study has estimated stable long run and dynamic money demand equations
for Ethiopia. However, the study shows some portfolio demand adjustment by
agents after liberalization of asset prices after 1992. The study, by estimating
money demand using disaggregated price level, shows that livestock, money
and housing items are complements, and money and all other goods are
substitutes in the portfolio demand of Ethiopian agents.
The study suggests that the government should follow a sound trade policy,
strengthen the development of exchange oriented rural economy, use
depreciation of currency than domestic credit control, facilitate conditions for the
development of capital market and strengthen policy of indirect monetary
control, and privatization to achieve sustainable growth and development. The
study also suggests that the government should look for an alternative higher
rate of inflation rather than targeting it to a low rate of single digit, which might
hinder accelerated growth.