This week M1 money supply (which includes currency, checks, demand deposits and other checkable deposits) saw an increase of 3.3% month over month.  M2 money supply (which includes M1 plus retail Money Market Mutual Funds, savings and small time deposits) saw an increase of 1.35% month over month.  Year over Year M1 increased 16.28% and M2 increased 9.3%. These are much bigger numbers than seen in 2010 and 1st half of 2011. 

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Figure 2 shows a big change in Year-over-year increase from the prior year and eclipses the rate of change experienced in 2009.  If the economy is so healthy, why are we printing so much money?