Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Velocity of MZM Money Stock (DISCONTINUED)

Title Velocity of MZM Money Stock (DISCONTINUED)
Series ID MZMV
Source Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Release Money Velocity (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Quarterly
Units Ratio
Date Range 1959-01-01 to 2020-10-01
Last Updated 2024-11-27 9:45 AM CST
Notes This series has been discontinued and will no longer be updated. The institutional money market funds component (IMFSL) used to calculate MZM has been discontinued by the Board of Governors and is no longer available in the H.6 statistical release, Money Stock Measures. For further information about the changes to the H.6 statistical release, please see the announcements provided by the source.

Calculated as the ratio of quarterly nominal GDP (GDP) to the quarterly average of MZM money stock (MZMSL).

The velocity of money is the frequency at which one unit of currency is used to purchase domestically- produced goods and services within a given time period. In other words, it is the number of times one dollar is spent to buy goods and services per unit of time. If the velocity of money is increasing, then more transactions are occurring between individuals in an economy.
The frequency of currency exchange can be used to determine the velocity of a given component of the money supply, providing some insight into whether consumers and businesses are saving or spending their money. There are several components of the money supply,: M1, M2, and MZM (M3 is no longer tracked by the Federal Reserve); these components are arranged on a spectrum of narrowest to broadest. Consider M1, the narrowest component. M1 is the money supply of currency in circulation (notes and coins, traveler’s checks [non-bank issuers], demand deposits, and checkable deposits). A decreasing velocity of M1 might indicate fewer short- term consumption transactions are taking place. We can think of shorter- term transactions as consumption we might make on an everyday basis.

The broader M2 component includes M1 in addition to saving deposits, certificates of deposit (less than $100,000), and money market deposits for individuals. Comparing the velocities of M1 and M2 provides some insight into how quickly the economy is spending and how quickly it is saving.

MZM (money with zero maturity) is the broadest component and consists of the supply of financial assets redeemable at par on demand: notes and coins in circulation, traveler’s checks (non-bank issuers), demand deposits, other checkable deposits, savings deposits, and all money market funds. The velocity of MZM helps determine how often financial assets are switching hands within the economy.
DATE VALUE
1959-01-01 1.848
1959-04-01 1.866
1959-07-01 1.850
1959-10-01 1.853
1960-01-01 1.890
1960-04-01 1.871
1960-07-01 1.857
1960-10-01 1.812
1961-01-01 1.797
1961-04-01 1.803
1961-07-01 1.816
1961-10-01 1.824
1962-01-01 1.835
1962-04-01 1.824
1962-07-01 1.826
1962-10-01 1.802
1963-01-01 1.792
1963-04-01 1.781
1963-07-01 1.792
1963-10-01 1.789
1964-01-01 1.804
1964-04-01 1.798
1964-07-01 1.796
1964-10-01 1.775
1965-01-01 1.795
1965-04-01 1.800
1965-07-01 1.815
1965-10-01 1.831
1966-01-01 1.860
1966-04-01 1.886
1966-07-01 1.931
1966-10-01 1.965
1967-01-01 1.980
1967-04-01 1.964
1967-07-01 1.965
1967-10-01 1.978
1968-01-01 2.027
1968-04-01 2.065
1968-07-01 2.080
1968-10-01 2.089
1969-01-01 2.123
1969-04-01 2.153
1969-07-01 2.206
1969-10-01 2.223
1970-01-01 2.266
1970-04-01 2.332
1970-07-01 2.345
1970-10-01 2.304
1971-01-01 2.347
1971-04-01 2.325
1971-07-01 2.314
1971-10-01 2.298
1972-01-01 2.325
1972-04-01 2.350
1972-07-01 2.338
1972-10-01 2.348
1973-01-01 2.396
1973-04-01 2.438
1973-07-01 2.456
1973-10-01 2.515
1974-01-01 2.513
1974-04-01 2.559
1974-07-01 2.587
1974-10-01 2.617
1975-01-01 2.599
1975-04-01 2.575
1975-07-01 2.585
1975-10-01 2.614
1976-01-01 2.619
1976-04-01 2.589
1976-07-01 2.586
1976-10-01 2.569
1977-01-01 2.561
1977-04-01 2.596
1977-07-01 2.628
1977-10-01 2.635
1978-01-01 2.638
1978-04-01 2.751
1978-07-01 2.816
1978-10-01 2.908
1979-01-01 3.006
1979-04-01 3.059
1979-07-01 3.093
1979-10-01 3.195
1980-01-01 3.276
1980-04-01 3.345
1980-07-01 3.214
1980-10-01 3.321
1981-01-01 3.540
1981-04-01 3.468
1981-07-01 3.526
1981-10-01 3.442
1982-01-01 3.341
1982-04-01 3.354
1982-07-01 3.315
1982-10-01 3.170
1983-01-01 2.724
1983-04-01 2.637
1983-07-01 2.686
1983-10-01 2.753
1984-01-01 2.793
1984-04-01 2.810
1984-07-01 2.870
1984-10-01 2.842
1985-01-01 2.761
1985-04-01 2.729
1985-07-01 2.693
1985-10-01 2.668
1986-01-01 2.656
1986-04-01 2.563
1986-07-01 2.483
1986-10-01 2.408
1987-01-01 2.377
1987-04-01 2.387
1987-07-01 2.428
1987-10-01 2.491
1988-01-01 2.504
1988-04-01 2.529
1988-07-01 2.570
1988-10-01 2.634
1989-01-01 2.712
1989-04-01 2.788
1989-07-01 2.777
1989-10-01 2.733
1990-01-01 2.736
1990-04-01 2.746
1990-07-01 2.728
1990-10-01 2.686
1991-01-01 2.633
1991-04-01 2.595
1991-07-01 2.577
1991-10-01 2.532
1992-01-01 2.468
1992-04-01 2.442
1992-07-01 2.419
1992-10-01 2.411
1993-01-01 2.416
1993-04-01 2.409
1993-07-01 2.403
1993-10-01 2.414
1994-01-01 2.434
1994-04-01 2.470
1994-07-01 2.509
1994-10-01 2.568
1995-01-01 2.623
1995-04-01 2.641
1995-07-01 2.620
1995-10-01 2.619
1996-01-01 2.603
1996-04-01 2.608
1996-07-01 2.599
1996-10-01 2.595
1997-01-01 2.575
1997-04-01 2.582
1997-07-01 2.567
1997-10-01 2.538
1998-01-01 2.500
1998-04-01 2.450
1998-07-01 2.418
1998-10-01 2.358
1999-01-01 2.319
1999-04-01 2.291
1999-07-01 2.288
1999-10-01 2.293
2000-01-01 2.269
2000-04-01 2.285
2000-07-01 2.259
2000-10-01 2.239
2001-01-01 2.143
2001-04-01 2.064
2001-07-01 1.988
2001-10-01 1.900
2002-01-01 1.870
2002-04-01 1.863
2002-07-01 1.848
2002-10-01 1.815
2003-01-01 1.800
2003-04-01 1.798
2003-07-01 1.793
2003-10-01 1.835
2004-01-01 1.850
2004-04-01 1.838
2004-07-01 1.855
2004-10-01 1.878
2005-01-01 1.917
2005-04-01 1.939
2005-07-01 1.948
2005-10-01 1.951
2006-01-01 1.972
2006-04-01 1.979
2006-07-01 1.970
2006-10-01 1.956
2007-01-01 1.949
2007-04-01 1.924
2007-07-01 1.878
2007-10-01 1.824
2008-01-01 1.753
2008-04-01 1.709
2008-07-01 1.692
2008-10-01 1.623
2009-01-01 1.532
2009-04-01 1.497
2009-07-01 1.500
2009-10-01 1.529
2010-01-01 1.556
2010-04-01 1.586
2010-07-01 1.583
2010-10-01 1.575
2011-01-01 1.565
2011-04-01 1.541
2011-07-01 1.503
2011-10-01 1.498
2012-01-01 1.493
2012-04-01 1.478
2012-07-01 1.461
2012-10-01 1.438
2013-01-01 1.430
2013-04-01 1.420
2013-07-01 1.418
2013-10-01 1.411
2014-01-01 1.389
2014-04-01 1.401
2014-07-01 1.408
2014-10-01 1.392
2015-01-01 1.375
2015-04-01 1.377
2015-07-01 1.366
2015-10-01 1.347
2016-01-01 1.333
2016-04-01 1.321
2016-07-01 1.313
2016-10-01 1.312
2017-01-01 1.311
2017-04-01 1.306
2017-07-01 1.310
2017-10-01 1.318
2018-01-01 1.327
2018-04-01 1.332
2018-07-01 1.337
2018-10-01 1.340
2019-01-01 1.336
2019-04-01 1.336
2019-07-01 1.321
2019-10-01 1.299
2020-01-01 1.248
2020-04-01 0.976
2020-07-01 1.027
2020-10-01 1.025

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