Czy inflacja w Polsce jest zjawiskiem czysto pieniężnym?
Is inflation in Poland a purely money phenomenon?

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to verify a hypothesis according to which inflationary processes in Poland in the last years have been a monetary phenomenon. The paper shows a comparison of the rate of inflation and the basic dynamics of monetary aggregates in the Polish economy in the years 1996–2012. Moreover, using additional data on economic growth, a simple economic model based on the traditional equation of exchange of goods was built and verified. On this basis, the hypothesis about the monetary nature of Polish inflation during the explored period was negatively verified. Among reasons for that state of affairs, a decrease in the velocity of money and, occasionally, the impact of controlled prices and supply factors on inflation were indicated.

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