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Government Expenditures, Money Supply And Prices: 1970-80, J. O. Osakwe

Economic and Financial Review

The main objectives of this paper are to ascertain the amount of the Federal Government expenditures which affected money supply, during the period 1970-80; to examine the movements of government expenditures, money supply and prices within the period 1970-80 and to investigate the empirical relationships between government spending and money supply, and money supply and prices. In order to achieve the above named objectives, the paper is divided into four parts as follows: Part 1 deals with the estimates of government expenditures which affected money supply. Part 2 describes the movements of government expenditures, money supply and prices; Part 3 …