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I think you should compare the money supply with economic growth. (Money velocity: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2V https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2V
by okl 5y ago
I think you should compare the money supply with economic growth. (Money velocity: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2V https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2V)
There's a relation between the two:
> Economic growth tends to have a natural deflationary effect, even if the supply of money does not shrink. Some evidence of this phenomenon can be observed in the technology sector, where innovations and technological advancements are growing faster than inflation; currently, the prices of televisions, cellphones, and computers tend to be falling. [https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/070615/what-correlation-between-money-supply-and-gdp.asp https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/070615/what-correla...]
- throwawaygh 5y agono No NO! Your parent posts are right. The definition of M1 changed. The "omg so much printing in the last year" folks are literally taking two different definitions that are $16 TRILLION dollars apart due to the change in Reg D and conflating them.