§ Mr. Gouldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the increase in the money supply, narrowly defined in both nominal and real terms, in the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan in the decades ending 1963, 1973 and 1983;
(2) whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the increase in money supply, broadly defined in both nominal and real terms, in the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan in the decades ending 1963, 1973 and 1983.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the velocity of circulation of money in the United Kingdom compares with that of other industrial countries; and whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the change in the velocity of circulation in each case since 1973.
§ Mr. Ian StewartDefinitions of money differ between countries. Statistics on money, prices, national income and gross national product are available on a consistent basis in the "International Financial Statistics" year books for 1983 and 1984, published by the International Monetary Fund. These statistics are not always based on the preferred national definitions.