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Currency Holdings Show Fear is Subsiding

Posted on May 19, 2009 by John Rutledge

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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Fear, Currency Holdings, and the Fed

Posted on October 6, 2008 by John Rutledge

The chart below shows the amount of currency held by the public through last Friday. Can you detect a pattern? When people get scared, as they are now, they pull money out of the bank, out of money funds, and … Continue reading →

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