Real interest rates negatively impact money demand in Pakistan, study finds.
The study looked at factors like interest rates, GDP per capita, exchange rates, fiscal deficit, urban and rural population in Pakistan from 1972-2013 to figure out how they affect the demand for money. They used a method called ARDL Bound Testing to test the relationship between money demand and these factors in the long run. The results showed that real interest rates have a significant negative impact on money demand in both the long and short term. Exchange rates and rural population also have a significant negative effect on money demand in Pakistan. These findings were consistent across different tests.