What Is M2 Money Supply?
In the US, M1 is cash, checking accounts and other liquid deposits.
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1.What is M1, the inner ring?
In the US, M1 is cash, checking accounts and other liquid deposits.
2.What does M2 add to M1 in the US?
The tighter the ring, the easier the money is to spend.
3.Marge has cash 200 and checking 1,800. What do they add up to?
Her savings balance of 3,000 counts in M1 today.
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Sources (6)
- Federal Reserve Board: H.6 Money Stock Measures (aktuelle Veröffentlichung)
- Federal Reserve Board: H.6 About the release
- FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis): M2SL, M2 Money Stock
- ECB: Monetary aggregates
- Federal Reserve Board: H.6 Money Stock Measures, Release 17.12.2020 (Ankuendigung
- Eigene Berechnung (synthetisches Haushaltsbeispiel)
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