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In the US, M2 increased 70% in 2 years. Of course prices are going up. Anything less than a 70% increase means companies have a ways to go to catch up.
by AJ007 4y ago
In the US, M2 increased 70% in 2 years. Of course prices are going up. Anything less than a 70% increase means companies have a ways to go to catch up.
- vezuchyy 4y agoI'm not sure about 70%, I can only see 33% in open sources, but either figure is huge and now everyone is with Pikachu face and blames everything but helicopter money.
- pjc50 4y agoThis chart https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/money-supply-m2 https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/money-supply-m2 has UK M2 declining from its peak in September 2022 (the two month Liz Truss government). It doesn't match the inflation chart.
- foxhill 4y ago> It doesn’t match the inflation chart. and i don’t think you’d expect it to. the increased supply needs to hit the market first. depending on how that money is distributed, that could take a long time. also remember that QE has been central fiscal policy in the UK and US since basically 2007. and it’s safe to say that concentration of this wealth is.. very high. > has UK M2 declining [..] it becomes a bit more sobering when you look at the full scale on that graph (when the y-axis starts from 0). it’s a metaphorical deck-chair-thrown-off-of-the-titanic amount of decrease.
- simonh 4y agoThe contention was that the rich always want high inflation to stiff the poor. I’m just pointing out that’s not berm the case for, I said 20 years, but it’s actually been 30. Yes we have high inflation now, but that’s just been a plain old cockup. The massive inflation reduction act stimulus for example.