Quote from Sponger:
Good post Bitstream
I remember the commentary in the financial industry that "M" measuring was antiquated, didn't mean anything anymore, yada yada yada. Seemed odd that they did it at the time - now we know it was more ominous!
New trading rule - whenever the government stops reporting statistics that have been used for decades, start worrying!![]()
have un seen the pathetic excuses made by the fed back in march last yr for not publishing m3 aggregate no more?
hilarious, if it wasnt actually so sad:
Federal Reserve Statistical Release, H.6, Money Stock Measures; title with eagle logo links to Statistical Release home page Skip to Content
Release Date: March 16, 2006
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March 16, 2006
H.6 (508)
Discontinuance of M3
As announced on November 10, 2005, the Board of Governors will cease publication of the M3 monetary
aggregate on March 23, 2006. The Board will also cease publishing the following components:
large-denomination time deposits, repurchase agreements (RPs), and Eurodollars. The Board will
continue to publish institutional money market mutual funds as a memorandum item in this release.
Measures of large-denomination time deposits will continue to be published by the Board in the Flow
of Funds Accounts (Z.1 release) on a quarterly basis and in the H.8 release on a weekly basis (for
commercial banks).
M3 does not appear to convey any additional information about economic activity that is not already
embodied in M2 and has not played a role in the monetary policy process for many years.
Consequently, the Board judged that the costs of collecting the underlying data and publishing M3
outweigh the benefits.
On March 23, 2006, the Board will publish a final set of historical data on M3 and its components.
The Board will publish historical data on M1, M2, M3, and their components in the current format
for the last time today (www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h6/hist/). Beginning March 9, 2006, each
week the Board will publish historical data on M1, M2, and their components
(www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h6/hist/newformat.htm).
http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h6/20060316/