The annual rate of decline in our Capital Economics' measure of M3 continues to slow. (See Chart below.) There is a good chance that the widely expected second round of quantitative easing from the Fed will provide a bigger boost to the monetary aggregates than the first attempt. Assuming it happens, which now seems all but guaranteed, M3 growth should be back in positive territory next year.
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