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One should co-plot measures such as the size of GDP as a relative growth comparison. GDP can’t grow without some co-growth of money supply.
Since GDP is calculated based on expenditure the trillions of covid govt spending count towards GDP just as the proposed spending on the table (infra and BBB) would.

GDP = C + G + I + NX

I think the layman interpretation of GDP is actual economic growth.

Seems like a great moment to start minting trillion dollar coins. Beat the rush.

Instead of putting people on them, can we feature, say a Lemming? one of the video game ones, not a real rodent.

Note that cash deposits were recategorized as M2 last year, which is what caused that large spike.
it is still very steep after that adjustment.
From the fist comment in a similar thread a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28818494

> It’s hard to tell looking at FRED but it seems like it may be due to a change in how they do their accounting starting in May of 2020 (when all the dollars “seem” to appear). From FRED: [...]

Doesn't HN have a policy against titles that are pure editorializing of the source?