Money Supply (M1 M2 M3), Inflation, National Debt, and The Federal Reserve (1913-Present)

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National Debt, Inflation, and Concentration of Wealth

About this data

Shown in Billions (except for Banks)

Year End

National
Debt

Interest
Expense

5
Biggest
Banks'
Assets

50
Biggest
Banks'
Assets

Bank
Assets

Banks

Now

$12,508

$1,668

$8,452

$14,300

2009

$12,255

$1,718

$8,530

$14,300

2008

$10,600

$451

$1,624

$8,171

$14,300

$5,623

$9,764

$13,853

8,305

2007

$9,083

$430

$1,386

$7,469

$13,018

$5,005

$8,937

$13,034

8,534

2006

$8,506

$406

$1,387

$7,068

$11,203

$4,312

$7,910

$11,862

8,680

2005

$7,933

$352

$1,397

$6,720

$10,222

$3,678

$6,898

$10,878

8,833

2004

$7,379

$322

$1,361

$6,409

$9,479

$3,190

$6,250

$10,107

8,976

2003

$6,783

$318

$1,302

$6,056

$8,931

$2,439

$5,416

$9,076

9,181

2002

$6,228

$333

$1,225

$5,793

$8,602

$2,241

$4,925

$8,436

9,354

2001

$5,807

$360

$1,191

$5,453

$8,087

$1,981

$4,499

$7,869

9,614

2000

$5,674

$362

$1,100

$4,976

$7,260

$1,761

$4,173

$7,463

9,904

1999

$5,656

$354

$1,127

$4,673

$6,631

$1,629

$3,708

$6,884

10,222

1998

$5,526

$364

$1,104

$4,413

$6,103

$1,395

$3,443

$6,531

10,464

1997

$5,413

$356

$1,080

$4,066

$5,522

$1,194

$3,052

$6,045

10,923

1996

$5,224

$344

$1,088

$3,841

$5,022

$966

$2,405

$5,611

11,454

1995

$4,973

$332

$1,130

$3,664

$4,676

$774

$2,100

$5,341

11,971

1994

$4,692

$296

$1,160

$3,506

$4,397

$712

$1,891

$5,021

12,604

1993

$4,411

$293

$1,142

$3,488

$4,289

$614

$1,680

$4,708

13,221

1992

$4,064

$292

$1,040

$3,430

$4,210

$557

$1,536

$4,536

13,853

1991

$3,665

$286

$916

$3,389

$4,218

1990

$3,233

$265

$832

$3,295

$4,178

1989

$2,857

$241

$801

$3,177

$4,092

1988

$2,602

$214

$792

$3,005

$3,944

1987

$2,350

$192

$764

$2,862

$3,720

1986

$2,125

$171

$737

$2,758

$3,536

1985

$1,823

$153

$627

$2,514

$3,243

1984

$1,572

$129

$561

$2,343

$3,027

1983

$1,377

$110

$530

$2,148

$2,721

1982

$1,142

$95

$483

$1,968

$2,492

1981

$998

$78

$448

$1,773

$2,277

1980

$908

$67

$416

$1,611

$2,024

1979

$826

$60

$390

$1,486

$1,826

1978

$772

$54

$363

$1,375

$1,661

1977

$699

$49

$339

$1,282

$1,489

1976

$620

$44

$313

$1,168

$1,325

1975

$533

$38

$293

$1,028

$1,183

1974

$475

$33

$279

$908

$1,077

1973

$458

$28

$269

$862

$995

1972

$427

$27

$256

$812

$898

1971

$398

$25

$235

$720

$786

1970

$371

$23

$220

$636

$688

1969

$354

$21

$211

$592

$618

1968

$348

$19

$204

$574

$612

1967

$326

$19

$189

$532

$565

1966

$320

$17

$177

$486

$514

1965

$317

$17

$174

$467

$490

1964

$312

$16

$165

$432

$451

1963

$306

$16

$158

$400

$413

1962

$298

$15

$152

$369

$378

1961

$289

$15

$149

$341

$347

1960

$286

$14

$145

$318

$321

1959

$285

$14

$143

$302

$303

1958

$276

$14

$142

$290

$292

1957

$271

$14

$192

1956

$273

$13

$187

1955

$274

$13

$184

1954

$271

$13

$177

1953

$266

$13

$171

1952

$259

$13

$165

1951

$255

$13

$156

1950

$257

$12

$151

1949

$253

$13

$147

1948

$252

$12

$148

1947

$258

$12

$146

1946

$269

$12

$139

1945

$259

$13

$127

1944

$201

$12

$107

1943

$137

$9.6

$90

1942

$72

$6.5

$55

$71

$92

14,891

1941

$49

$3.5

$47

$63

$87

14,975

1940

$43

$2.3

$40

$55

$80

15,076

1939

$40

$2.0

$34

$49

$73

15,210

1938

$37

$1.9

$31

$46

$68

15,419

1937

$36

$1.8

$31

$46

$68

15,646

1936

$34

$1.7

$30

$44

$67

15,884

1935

$29

$1.6

$26

$39

$60

16,047

1934

$27

$1.4

$22

$34

$56

15,913

1933

$23

$1.3

$20

$32

$51

14,771

1932

$19

$1.1

$21

$36

$57

19,317

1931

$17

$0.9

$24

$43

$70

22,242

1930

$16

$0.8

$26

$46

$74

24,273

1929

$17

$0.8

$27

$47

$72

25,568

1928

$18

$0.8

$26

$46

$71

26,401

1927

$19

$0.8

$26

$44

$68

27,255

1926

$20

$0.9

$26

$44

$65

28,350

1925

$21

$0.9

$42

1924

$21

$0.9

$39

1923

$22

$1.0

$37

1922

$23

$1.0

$34

1921

$24

$1.0

$33

1920

$26

$1.1

$35

1919

$27

$1.2

$31

1918

$15

$1.2

$27

1917

$0.7

$24

1916

$0.3

$21

1915

$0.2

$18

1914

$0.2

$16

1913

$0.2

$16

Definitions
-M1: Physical currency circulating in the economy + demand deposits (i.e. checking account deposits).
-M2: M1 + time deposits, savings deposits, and non-institutional money-market funds.
-M3: M2 + large time deposits, institutional money-market funds, short-term repurchase agreements, along with other larger liquid assets.

Sources
-M1 and M2 (1959-Present) from The Federal Reserve
-M2 (1912-1958) is a 10yr moving average from Historical Statistics of the United States
-M3 (1959-2005) from The Federal Reserve
-M3 (2006-Present) estimated by Shadow Government Statistics and NowAndFutures.com
-Banks, Bank Assets, Bank Equity (1993-Present) from the FDIC
-M1, Banks, Bank Assets (1926-1942) from The Money Supply and the Banking System Before and During the Great Depression

-National Debt (1913-2007) from U.S. Department of the Treasury
-National Debt (Current) from U.S. Department of the Treasury
-Interest Expense on National Debt (1913-1987) estimated
-Interest Expense on National Debt (1988-2007) from U.S. Department of the Treasury

Key Years (Bold)
-2006 - The Federal Reserve stops publishing M3 Money Supply
-1971 - Richard Nixon ends the international gold standard
-1933 - The FDIC is created. Real money is outlawed.
-1913 - The Federal Reserve is created

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