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| In [[economics]], the '''equation of exchange''' is the relation:
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| :<math>M\cdot V = P\cdot Q</math>
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| where, for a given period,
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| :<math>M\,</math> is the total [[real versus nominal value (economics)|nominal]] amount of [[money supply|money]] in circulation on average in an economy.
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| :<math>V\,</math> is the [[velocity of money]], that is the average frequency with which a unit of money is spent.
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| :<math>P\,</math> is the [[price level]].
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| :<math>Q\,</math> is an index of [[Real versus nominal value (economics)|real]] expenditures (on newly produced goods and services).
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| Thus ''PQ'' is the level of nominal expenditures. This equation is a rearrangement of the definition of velocity: ''V'' = ''PQ'' / ''M''. As such, without the introduction of any assumptions, it is a tautology. The [[quantity theory of money]] adds [[quantity theory of money#Principles|assumptions]] about the money supply, the price level, and the effect of interest rates on velocity to create a theory about the causes of inflation and the effects of monetary policy.
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| In earlier analysis before the wide availability of the [[national income and product accounts]], the equation of exchange was more frequently expressed in transactions form:
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| :<math>M\cdot V_T = P\cdot T</math>
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| where
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| :<math>V_T\,</math> is the transactions [[velocity of money]], that is the average frequency across all transactions with which a unit of money is spent (including not just expenditures on newly produced goods and services, but also purchases of used goods, financial transactions involving money, etc.).
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| :<math>T\,</math> is an index of the [[real value]] of aggregate transactions.
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| == Foundation ==
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| The foundation of the equation of exchange is the more complex relation
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| :<math>M\cdot V_T =\sum_{i} (p_i\cdot q_i)=\mathbf{p}^\mathrm{T}\cdot\mathbf{q}</math>
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| where
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| :<math>p_i\,</math> and <math>q_i\,</math> are the respective price and quantity of the ''i''-th transaction.
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| :<math>\mathbf{p^{T}}</math> is a row vector of the <math>p_i\,</math>.
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| :<math>\mathbf{q}</math> is a column vector of the <math>q_i\,</math>.
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| The equation
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| :<math>M\cdot V_T = P\cdot T</math>
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| is based upon the presumption of the [[classical dichotomy]] — that there is a relatively clean distinction between overall increases or decreases in prices and underlying, “real” economic variables — and that this distinction may be captured in terms of [[Price index|price indices]], so that [[Inflation|inflationary]] or [[Deflation|deflationary]] components of '''p''' may be extracted as the multiplier ''P'', which is the aggregate price level:
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| :<math>M\cdot V_T = P\cdot (\mathbf{p}_{real}^\mathrm{T}\cdot\mathbf{q}) = P\cdot T</math>
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| where <math>\mathbf{p}_{real}^\mathrm{T}</math> is a row vector of [[relative price]]s; and likewise for
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| :<math>M\cdot V = P\cdot Q.</math>
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| == Applications ==
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| === Quantity theory of money ===
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| The [[quantity theory of money]] is most often expressed and explained in [[mainstream economics]] by reference to the equation of exchange. For example a rudimentary theory could begin with the rearrangement
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| :<math>P=\frac{M\cdot V}{Q}</math>
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| If <math>V</math> and <math>Q</math> were constant or growing at the same fixed rate as each other, then:
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| :<math>\frac{d P}{P}= \frac{d M}{M}</math>
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| and thus
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| :<math>\frac{d P/P}{d t}=\frac{d M/M}{d t}</math>
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| where
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| :<math>t\,</math> is time.
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| That is to say that, if <math>V</math> and <math>Q</math> were constant or growing at equal fixed rates, then the inflation rate would exactly equal the growth rate of the money supply.
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| An opponent of the quantity theory would not be bound to reject the equation of exchange, but could instead postulate offsetting responses (direct or indirect) of <math>Q</math> or of <math>V</math> to <math>\frac{d M/M}{d t}</math>.
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| === Money demand ===
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| Economists [[Alfred Marshall]], [[A.C. Pigou]], and [[John Maynard Keynes]], associated with [[Cambridge University]], focusing on money demand instead of money supply, argued that a certain portion of the money supply will not be used for transactions, but instead it will be held for the convenience and security of having cash on hand. This proportion of cash is commonly represented as <math>k</math>, a portion of [[Real versus nominal value (economics)|nominal]] income (<math>nY</math>). (The Cambridge economists also thought wealth would play a role, but wealth is often omitted for simplicity.) The [[Cambridge equation]] for demand for cash balances is thus:<ref>Froyen, Richard T. ''Macroeconomics: Theories and Policies''. 3rd Edition. Macmillan Publishing Company: New York, 1990. p. 70-71.</ref>
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| :<math>M_{D}=k\cdot nY</math>
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| which, given the classical dichotomy and that [[Real versus nominal value (economics)|real]] income must equal expenditures <math>Q</math>, is equivalent to
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| :<math>M_{D}=k\cdot P\cdot Q</math>
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| Assuming that the economy is at equilibrium (<math>M_{D} = M</math>), that real income is exogenous, and that ''k'' is fixed in the short run, the Cambridge equation is equivalent to the equation of exchange with velocity equal to the inverse of ''k'':
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| :<math>M\cdot\frac{1}{k} = P\cdot Q</math>
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| The money demand function is often conceptualized in terms of a ''liquidity function'', <math>L(r,Y)</math>,
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| :<math>M_D=P\cdot L(r,Y)</math> | |
| where <math>Y</math> is real income and <math>r</math> is the real [[interest rate|rate of interest]]. If <math>V</math> is taken to be a function of <math>r</math>, then in equilibrium
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| :<math>L(r,Q)=\frac{Q}{V(r)}</math>
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| == History ==
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| The equation of exchange was stated by [[John Stuart Mill]]<ref>Mill, John Stuart; ''Principles of Political Economy'' (1848).</ref> who expanded on the ideas of [[David Hume]].<ref>Hume, David; “Of Interest” in ''Essays Moral and Political''.</ref> The algebraic formulation comes from [[Irving Fisher]], 1911.
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Irving Fisher#Economic theories]]
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| ==Notes==
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| <references />
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| ==References==
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| * Michael D. Bordo (1987). "equation of exchange," ''[[The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics]]'', v. 2, pp. 175-77.
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| * Milton Friedman (1987. “quantity theory of money”, in ''The [[New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics]]'' ), v. 4, pp. 3-20.
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| [[Category:Monetary economics]]
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| [[Category:Economics terminology]]
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