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Money Supply & Inflation

Money Supply & Inflation

We can measure the supply of money that exists in the market with main metrics:

  • M1 money supply includes liquid money aka cash. 
  • M2 (which includes M1) includes loans, deposits & market funds. This is mainly made up money. 

As the chart shows the US (and all other countries with central banks) have most of the monetary mass made up. An influx of money causes inflation and this is exactly what during the last decades. 

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