the end of dollar hegemony, page-5

Hi Bruce Robertson,

Just to reiterate the importance of not accounting for M3 I have copied an extract from DUBs post on the subject. Goes into alot of detail. I have actually bookmarked his post.

http://www.silverstockreport.com/email/The_Money_Chart.html

Thanks DUB.

1. M1 consists of (1) currency outside the U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve Banks, and the vaults of depository institutions;
(2) travelers checks of nonbank issuers; (3) demand deposits at commercial banks (excluding those amounts held by depository
institutions, the U.S. government, and foreign banks and official institutions) less cash items in the process of collection
and Federal Reserve float; and (4) other checkable deposits (OCDs), consisting of negotiable order of withdrawal (NOW)
and automatic transfer service (ATS) accounts at depository institutions, credit union share draft accounts, and demand deposits
at thrift institutions. Seasonally adjusted M1 is constructed by summing currency, travelers checks, demand deposits, and
OCDs, each seasonally adjusted separately.



2. M2 consists of M1 plus (1) savings deposits (including money market deposit accounts); (2) small-denomination time deposits (time
deposits in amounts of less than $100,000), less individual retirement account (IRA) and Keogh balances at depository
institutions; and (3) balances in retail money market mutual funds, less IRA and Keogh balances at money market mutual funds.
Seasonally adjusted M2 is constructed by summing savings deposits, small-denomination time deposits, and retail money funds,
each seasonally adjusted separately, and adding this result to seasonally adjusted M1.



3. M3 consists of M2 plus (1) balances in institutional money market mutual funds; (2) large-denomination time deposits (time deposits
in amounts of $100,000 or more); (3) repurchase agreement (RP) liabilities of depository institutions, in denominations of $100,000
or more, on U.S. government and federal agency securities; and (4) Eurodollars held by U.S. addressees at foreign branches of U.S.
banks worldwide and at all banking offices in the United Kingdom and Canada. Large-denomination time deposits, RPs, and
Eurodollars exclude those amounts held by depository institutions, the U.S. government, foreign banks and official institutions,
and money market mutual funds. Seasonally adjusted M3 is constructed by summing institutional money funds, large-denomination
time deposits, RPs, and Eurodollars, each adjusted separately, and adding this result to seasonally adjusted M2.
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At the end of the day it is just another way for the US to distort the truth by not reporting a key component of the velocity of the Greenback. IMHO!!

Cheers markco2