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-$167.2 billion! From March 2023 to April 2023, M2 (U.S. money stock--currency and coins held by the non-bank public, checkable deposits, and travelers' checks, plus savings deposits, small time deposits under 100k, and shares in retail money market funds

Money Stock Measures - H.6 Release https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h6/current/default.htm 1. M1 consists of (1) currency outside the U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve Banks, and the vaults of depository institutions; (2) demand deposits at commercial banks (excluding those amounts held by depository institutions, the

Fed's Economic Well-being US Household 2022: "fewer adults reported having money left over after paying their expenses. 54% of adults said that their budgets had been affected "a lot" by price increases."

Fed's Economic Well-being US Household 2022: "fewer adults reported having money left over after paying their expenses. 54% of adults said that their budgets had been affected "a lot" by price increases."

"51% of adults reported that they reduced their savings in response to higher prices." https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/files/2022-report-economic-well-being-us-households-202305.pdf The Federal Reserve Board on Monday issued its Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2022 report, which examines the financial lives of U.S. adults

NY Fed: Banks’ balance-sheet constraints impact MMFs’ investment in ON RRP (as they push excess deposits into affiliated MMFs, causing an increase in the size of the MMF industry ON RRP usage) with banks reduced demand for short-term borrowing causing MMF

NY Fed: Banks’ balance-sheet constraints impact MMFs’ investment in ON RRP (as they push excess deposits into affiliated MMFs, causing an increase in the size of the MMF industry ON RRP usage) with banks reduced demand for short-term borrowing causing MMF to replace private repo lending with ON RRP. Banks’

Total household debt rose by $148 billion, or 0.9 percent, to $17.05 trillion in the first quarter of 2023. Mortgage balances climbed by $121 billion and stood at $12.04 trillion at the end of March.

Auto loan and student loan balances also increased to $1.56 trillion and $1.60 trillion. HOUSEHOLD DEBT AND CREDIT REPORT (Q1 2023) https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/hhdc.html Total household debt rose by $148 billion, or 0.9 percent, to $17.05 trillion in the first quarter of

Inflation Alert! The purchasing power of the dollar continues to VANISH! In April, the purchasing power of $100 in January 2000 is $55.70 (down $.20 from March).

Remember, CPI tracks the loss of the purchasing power of your dollars, and thereby the purchasing power of your hard earned labor. Source: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CUUR0000SA0R Let's zoom in on this since 2020: YOWSERS!!! CPI tracks the loss of the purchasing power of your dollars,

Federal Reserve and GameStop bottom line Alert! The Federal Reserve Payments Study 2022 Triennial Initial Data Release: "With 157.0 billion payments in 2021, card payments accounted for approximately 77 percent of noncash payments by number."

Source: https://www.federalreserve.gov/paymentsystems/fr-payments-study.htm The Federal Reserve Payments Study: 2022 Triennial Initial Data Release * The 2022 Federal Reserve Payments Study (FRPS) collected data for the 2021 calendar year. This initial release includes top-line figures for the core noncash payment methods used in the United States by

Federal Reserve Alert! Regulatory Reform communications with the public categories: Systemic Designations, Enhanced Prudential Standards, and Banking Supervision and Regulation, Derivatives Markets and Products, Interchange Fees, Payments, Settlement..

Federal Reserve Alert! Regulatory Reform communications with the public categories: Systemic Designations, Enhanced Prudential Standards, and Banking Supervision and Regulation, Derivatives Markets and Products, Interchange Fees, Payments, Settlement and Clearing Activities and Utilities, and more. Source: https://www.federalreserve.gov/regreform/communications-with-public.htm Communications With The Public * The Federal Reserve