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Currency Holdings Show Fear is Subsiding

I wrote a few days ago that the amount of currency held by the public is a very good measure of the public’s level of fear about the stability of the banks and financial system. The numbers are produced weekly … Continue reading

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Currency Holdings Show People Beginning to Exhale

Currency held by the public is the single best measure of people’s level of fear about the stability of the financial system. When people worry their bank might fail they withdraw cash from their bank accounts and keep it at … Continue reading

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