The Federal Reserve Flooded the Market with Cheap Money Since 1959, the U.S. money supply has exploded by over 7,400%. That’s not a typo. According to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED), total U.S. M2 money supply grew from roughly $286 billion in 1959 to over $21 trillion at its peak in 2022. Trillions of new dollars have been created by the Fed and pumped into the system, especially during crisis periods when money was created at historic speeds. But here’s the dirty secret: the more dollars in circulation, the less each one is worth. This is the core problem with inflation and money supply—when supply grows faster than real economic output, purchasing power is quietly…
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