Economists Can't Define Money nor Observe Velocity [Ep. 164c, Eurodollar University]

-----EP. 164c SUMMARY-----
M1 and M2 once informed central bank decisions. But the monetary aggregates were so narrowly defined that they were, in effect, mere keyholes that offered policymakers an unsatisfactory, and often-enough misleading, peek into the great monetary hall.

-----EP. 164c TOPICS------
00:00 INTRO: How to define money? What is money velocity? The worldwide surge in M2 and M3.
00:50 Simon Newcomb, economist, developed the "equation of societary circulation".
02:35 Newcomb was writing during an age when shocking depressions roiled economies.
05:20 Interest rates should moderate imbalances in money supply and/or its distribution.
06:19 The equation of exchange is fatally flawed, in multiple ways.
07:58 "M" wasn't properly defined. "V" wasn't constant. So M*V = P*Q isn't much to go by.
09:32 In the 1970s the velocity of M surged, or at least, it appeared to (it didn't really).
11:39 In the 1990s the velocity of M surged, or at least, it appeared to (it didn't really).
14:28 Morgan Guaranty's estimates of M were understated and were far greater than M3.
17:42 There was a surge in M2 supply in 2020. Is that inflationary? Does M2 matter?
20:42 OUTRO: An equation that balances money and economy is a nice idea but not practical.

----EP. 164c REFERENCES---
We Can't Depend On the Ms, Which Only Produce Bad Vs: https://bit.ly/3wZexRA
Is M2 The Money Behind Inflation? If Not, What Is (Or Isn’t)?: https://bit.ly/3DAH5n1
Alhambra Investments Blog: https://bit.ly/2VIC2wWlin
RealClear Markets Essays: https://bit.ly/38tL5a7

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