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You need to look at velocity of money in conjunction with the money supply to get the true picture: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2V https://fred.stlouisf
by quickthrowman 6y ago
You need to look at velocity of money in conjunction with the money supply to get the true picture: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2V https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2V
The tweet you linked leaves out half the story, which is that money velocity is down greatly, thus the increase in money supply hasn’t caused rapid inflation.
https://www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy/2014/september/what-does-money-velocity-tell-us-about-low-inflation-in-the-us https://www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy/2014/september/wha...
- tim333 6y agoYeah though what happens when people go out again?
- imtringued 6y agoHopefully people spend their money and corporations invest their money to meet the demand.
- mariojv 6y agoThe Fed sells its assets to decrease the USD supply and raises rates. My best guess is a short period of higher inflation and then a correction, but who knows.