The annual growth rate of money, including our measure of the M3 aggregate, continued to accelerate in April. Nevertheless, at a time when T-bill rates have fallen even closer to zero, we suspect this pick up largely reflects a rise in the investment demand for money, which won't necessarily lead to a corresponding pick up in price inflation or real GDP.
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