Velocity Of Money – Charts Updated Through July 31, 2013

Here are three charts from the St. Louis Fed depicting the velocity of money in terms of the MZM, M1 and M2 money supply measures.

All charts reflect quarterly data through the second quarter of 2013, and were last updated as of July 31, 2013.  As one can see, two of the three measures are at all-time lows for the periods depicted:

Velocity of MZM Money Stock, current value = 1.418 :

MZMV_7-31-13 1.418

Data Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Economic Data, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; accessed July 31, 2013:

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/MZMV

Velocity of M1 Money Stock, current value = 6.583 :

M1V_7-31-13 6.583

Data Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Economic Data, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; accessed July 31, 2013:

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/M1V

Velocity of M2 Money Stock, current value = 1.575 :

M2V_7-31-13 1.575

Data Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Economic Data, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; accessed July 31, 2013:

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/M2V

 

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The Special Note summarizes my overall thoughts about our economic situation

SPX at 1685.73 as this post is written