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Money Supply Ratio: Jan 1958 – Sep 2008

Published on October 22, 2008 in Federal Reserve, Financial markets, Line Graph and United States. 1 Comment

A graph suggested by a reader, Chuck Beach, pointing out the historical high of the ratio of two measurements of the Money Supply M2/M1

M1 = is the narrowest measurement of the amount of money in circulation and money held in current (checking) accounts.

M2 = M1 plus money held in savings account or deposit which are not immediately available.

Data from the Federal Reserve

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Six month change in foreclosures: August 2008

Published on October 12, 2008 in Choropleth Map, Federal Reserve, Interactive Graphic and United States. Closed

Screenshot from Dynamic Maps of Nonprime Mortgage Conditions in the United States New York Federal Reserve showing six month change in foreclosures: from March – August 2008.

Red – Conditions have worsened
Green – Conditions have improved
Yellow – No change (within 0.05%)

Interest Rates and Fed Funds

[tags]United States, Foreclosures[/tags]

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Difference between US 3-Month T-bills vs Fed Funds: 1956-2008

Published on October 6, 2008 in Area Graph, Federal Reserve, Financial markets, Interest Rates and United States. 3 Comments

I plotted the historical spread between Effective Fed Funds rate and US 3-Month T-bills back to 1956 using the weekly average. This a companion graph to Anatomy of a Financial Crisis: September 2008

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Data from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

[tags]United States, Interest Rate, Fed Funds[/tags]

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Anatomy of a Financial Crisis: September 2008

Published on October 2, 2008 in Federal Reserve, Financial markets, Interest Rates, Line Graph and United States. 1 Comment

I have plotted the US 3-Month T-bills: Secondary Market rate (green line) vs the Effective Fed Funds rates (orange) for Sept 2008. The major events of the recent financial crisis have been included.

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Data from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

[tags]United States, Interest Rate[/tags]

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Nominal vs Real 3-Month Interest Rate: 1934-2008

Published on September 28, 2008 in Area Graph, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, Line Graph, Recessions and United States. Closed

I have plotted the 3-Month T-bills: Secondary Market rate (green line) vs the inflation adjusted (i.e. Real) 3-Month T-bills rate (orange) from Jan 1934-Sept 2008. The inflation number I used is CPI-U 3-month % change multiplied by 4.

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