IMF Working Papers

Cash Shortage in the Former Soviet Union

June 1, 1994

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Cash Shortage in the Former Soviet Union, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1994) accessed September 27, 2024
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Summary

An unexpected shortage of banknotes emerged during 1992 in the former Soviet Union. The cash shortage is explained by the asymmetry in the monetary union that prevailed, under which one member (the Russian Federation) controlled banknote production while every member could create deposit money. Interest rate rigidity forestalled an equilibrating adjustment in demand for banknotes. The possible efficiency costs of the cash shortage are explored.

Subject: Banking, Consumption, Currencies, Deposit rates, Economic integration, Financial services, Monetary unions, Money, National accounts, Real interest rates

Keywords: Baltics, Cash money, Cash ruble, Cash shortage, Consumption, Currencies, Deposit rates, Exchange rate, Monetary union, Monetary unions, Price level, Real interest rates, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    42

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1994/067

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0671994

  • ISBN:

    9781451848861

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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