Showing posts with label M2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label M2. Show all posts
Monday, November 3, 2014

Decomposing the velocity of money

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We've received some questions about the ongoing declines in the velocity of money in spite of stronger US GDP growth in the past coupl...
Sunday, January 12, 2014

Growth in loans at US banks continues to weaken

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Loan growth in the US continues to slow. Credit expansion is certainly not nearly as bad as what has transpired in the Eurozone ( discusse...
Sunday, December 29, 2013

US broad money supply growth slows

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The US broad money supply expansion has slowed materially in the last few months, with the year-over-year growth now at the lowest level s...
Monday, June 17, 2013

Chart that seems to violate key principles of money creation

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The chart below shows a clear divergence in trends of the total loans and leases on US banks' balance sheets and the broad money suppl...
Sunday, June 2, 2013

Misreading the tea leaves of the broad money supply

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Some economists continue to misinterpret the recent movements in M2, one of the measures of the US broad money supply. People use this ind...
Sunday, May 19, 2013

Fed's action won't influence deposit growth

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A quote from an elevator mechanic in NYC: "You need to push the 'up' button to make the elevator come up. But pushing the ...
Sunday, April 21, 2013

Rotation out of money market funds - where is the cash going?

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Investors are fleeing dollar-based money market funds. After the spike in cash holdings from taxable income "harvesting" at the ...
Sunday, April 7, 2013

Why has the US broad money supply flat-lined in 2013?

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The US money indicators have been showing something odd in the last few months. While the monetary base (M0) has been rising sharply due t...
Saturday, December 31, 2011

The ECB's easy monetary policy is not getting to the "periphery"

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The  monetary contraction in Italy  has been continuing, with money supply indicators all showing negative growth.  Here are the latest mo...