Professor William A. Barnett – Director of Advances in Monetary and Financial Measurement at CFS – evaluates present economic policy risks within the context of the ten-year period beginning in 1941.
The post-pandemic period could see a similar conflict between Treasury’s desire to minimize the cost of government debt finance and the Fed’s need to moderate inflation.
A primary harbinger of inflationary pressures would be a surge in liquid monetary assets held in the economy.
Unfortunately, there has been a steady decline in the quality and quantity of money market data available from the Fed – a void that has been partially filled by CFS.
To view the full article:
http://www.centerforfinancialstability.org/research/Post_Pandemic_Economic_Risks_050521.pdf
Monthly Archives: May 2021
CFS Monetary Measures for March 2021
Today we release CFS monetary and financial measures for March 2021. CFS Divisia M4, which is the broadest and most important measure of money, grew by 24.0% in March 2021 on a year-over-year basis versus 27.8% in February.
For Monetary and Financial Data Release Report:
http://www.centerforfinancialstability.org/amfm/Divisia_Mar21.pdf
For more information about the CFS Divisia indices and the data in Excel:
http://www.centerforfinancialstability.org/amfm_data.php
Bloomberg terminal users can access our monetary and financial statistics by any of the four options:
1) ALLX DIVM <GO>
2) ECST T DIVMM4IY <GO>
3) ECST <GO> –> ‘Monetary Sector’ –> ‘Money Supply’ –> Change Source in top right to ‘Center for Financial Stability’
4) ECST S US MONEY SUPPLY <GO> –> From source list on left, select ‘Center for Financial Stability’