货币周转率是货币执行交易媒介职能时,从买者流向卖者,再到新的买者,如此不断进行。它的"周转率"指的是这种运动的速度(speed)。 货币主义者认为货币周转率是均横不变的,因为它反映了人们在货币收支余额和支出之间维持平衡比例以保证交易安全的愿望。
人们愿意持有货币的心态突然发生了“心理和自发的”转变,导致货币周转率急速上升。
People's willingness to hold money can change suddenly for a "psychological and spontaneous reason", causing a spike in the velocity of money.
“为了保持价格稳定,联储必须认识到,对它来说,货币数量的变动必须参照周转率和产出来作出补偿”,他在本报2003年一篇文章中写道。
"To keep prices stable, the Fed must see to it that the quantity of money changes in such a way to offset movements in velocity and output, " he wrote in this newspaper in 2003.
当周转率稳定时,联储应当保持货币供给的稳定。
When velocity is stable, the Fed should keep money growth steady.
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