Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Real Money Supply Growth vs. Recessions

The following chart shows inflation adjusted MZM money stock growth per capita (as a year over year percentage).


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The chart above suggests that we might want to start bracing for another recession at some point.


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In sharp contrast, this chart suggests that a recession is virtually impossible.

You want scary? What will happen to confidence if the impossible occurs?

"May you live in interesting times."

Source Data:
St. Louis Fed: MZM Custom Chart
St. Louis Fed: Federal Funds Rate

3 comments:

Stagflationary Mark said...

Note the behavior change in the first chart once interest rates peaked in the early 1980s (green dots vs. red dots).

Stagflationary Mark said...

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