Describe M1, M2, and M3. Which is considered as the Money Supply?
a) M1, M2 and M3 are measurements of the United States money supply. M1 includes money in circulation plus checkable deposits in banks.
M2 is a calculation of the money supply that includes all elements of M1 as well as near money -- savings deposits (less than $100,000), money market securities, mutual funds, and other time deposits
M3 includes M2 plus large time deposits, institutional money market funds, short-term repurchase agreements and larger liquid assets.
b) M3 (which includes M1 and M2) is the money supply. M3 is the total value of money available in the economy at a point of time in various forms.
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