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money supply figures for 2007

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sthomper posted on Mon, Jul 20 2009 12:36 AM

this link  http://www.treas.gov/education/faq/currency/production.shtml  

states...

"During fiscal year 2007, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) produced approximately 38 million notes a day with a face value of approximately $750 million."

i calculated from this link 

http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/coin_production/index.cfm?action=production_figures&allCoinsYear=2007

that a little over 2 billion dollars of coins were minted. (if i calculated correctly, if someone knows where i can find this figure to substatiate i woulnd appreciate it)

roughly 2.8 billion dollars in coins and currency.

www.economagic.com  show for 2007

STL-AMB going from $847 billion to $860 billion

m1 starting at about 1.37 trillion fluctuating wildly and ending the year almost right where it was

and m2 for 2007  starting out at about $7.080 trillion and ending at $7.450 trillion in a near steady increase.

if using m2 as a total money supply and if my calculation is correct about an total increase of $2.8 billion in only coins and currency, did 2.8 billion dollars in coin and currency  lead directly to a roughly 350 billion dollar increase in "total m2 money" money supply?  simply as the coin and currency pyramids its way through the banking system?

thanks

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