What Is Money Supply?
It depends on how you count, and different countries count differently.
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1.What is the money supply?
It depends on how you count, and different countries count differently.
2.What does M1 include in the video?
The inner layers are the easiest to spend; M2 adds money parked a bit longer (Federal Reserve H.6).
3.Where is a savings account counted in the US, and where in the euro area?
Same account, different layer; never compare M1 numbers across countries without checking the definition.
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Sources (6)
- Federal Reserve Board: H.6 Money Stock Measures (aktuelle Veröffentlichung, 27.10.2026)
- Federal Reserve Board: H.6 Money Stock Measures, About
- ECB: Monetary aggregates
- Federal Reserve History: The Great Depression
- Bank of England: Money creation in the modern economy (Quarterly Bulletin 2014 Q1)
- Eigene Berechnung
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