M2 money supply is shrinking! Today's update shows the biggest drop ever on record in growth rate for M2--a negative growth rate of 4.05% versus a year ago. M2 has now contracted on an annual basis for four straight months.

December was M2’s first year-over-year contraction ever.

r/Superstonk - M2 money supply is shrinking! Today's update shows the biggest drop ever on record in growth rate for M2--a negative growth rate of 4.05% versus a year ago. M2 has now contracted on an annual basis for four straight months. December was M2’s first year-over-year contraction ever.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2SL

https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h6/current/default.htm

TLDRS:

Today's update shows the biggest drop ever on record in growth rate for M2--a negative growth rate of 4.05% versus a year ago.

M2 has now contracted on an annual basis for four straight months.

December was M2’s first year-over-year contraction ever.

One could conclude the amount of money in the financial system is one of the big factors for inflation.

At a super high level, the less money there is in the economy, the less there is for banks to lend and for companies and consumers to borrow and spend.

This should work towards pushing down prices, colling the economy and inflation.

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