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Monetary Indicators Monitor (Feb.)

The growth rates of broad money, including our own measure of M3, have slowed recently, even as the Fed has expanded its quantitative easing. We suspect this decline reflects a fall in the precautionary demand for money, however, and it should not necessarily be interpreted as a negative development.

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