Research Article

A New Cost-Profit Model for Measuring the Optimal Scale of China’s Foreign Exchange Reserve

Table 3

Money multiplier and broad money supply (%: increasing rate of ; : money multiplier; %: inflation rate).

Base money%%

199929798.211763.8112.573.9478
200031957.3413248.7512.624.14580.260.021
200133957.8415288.8515.404.50230.460.030
200237727.4518324.6919.864.8571
200343798.5221922.6819.635.00531.160.059
200458776.7925320.7715.504.30803.890.251
200564245.2229875.5517.994.65021.820.101
200677597.9634557.7915.674.45341.460.093
2007101387.440340.1316.733.97884.750.284

Mean4.48760.120

Source: the World Bank “World Development Indicators” (WDI) (from Annual Book of World Economy 2008-2009).