Title: Velocity of M2 Money Stock Series ID: M2V 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 2013-01-01 Last Updated: 2013-05-17 8:01 AM CDT Notes: Calculated as the ratio of quarterly nominal GDP (http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/GDP) to the quarterly average of M2 money stock (http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/M2SL). Velocity is a ratio of nominal GDP to a measure of the money supply. It can be thought of as the rate of turnover in the money supply--that is, the number of times one dollar is used to purchase final goods and services included in GDP. DATE VALUE 1959-01-01 1.721 1959-04-01 1.741 1959-07-01 1.720 1959-10-01 1.727 1960-01-01 1.764 1960-04-01 1.748 1960-07-01 1.726 1960-10-01 1.684 1961-01-01 1.669 1961-04-01 1.673 1961-07-01 1.678 1961-10-01 1.688 1962-01-01 1.693 1962-04-01 1.679 1962-07-01 1.672 1962-10-01 1.649 1963-01-01 1.638 1963-04-01 1.626 1963-07-01 1.627 1963-10-01 1.620 1964-01-01 1.634 1964-04-01 1.630 1964-07-01 1.622 1964-10-01 1.601 1965-01-01 1.617 1965-04-01 1.618 1965-07-01 1.626 1965-10-01 1.640 1966-01-01 1.659 1966-04-01 1.659 1966-07-01 1.677 1966-10-01 1.689 1967-01-01 1.685 1967-04-01 1.654 1967-07-01 1.639 1967-10-01 1.635 1968-01-01 1.659 1968-04-01 1.677 1968-07-01 1.673 1968-10-01 1.665 1969-01-01 1.680 1969-04-01 1.692 1969-07-01 1.716 1969-10-01 1.715 1970-01-01 1.731 1970-04-01 1.746 1970-07-01 1.736 1970-10-01 1.694 1971-01-01 1.712 1971-04-01 1.680 1971-07-01 1.661 1971-10-01 1.635 1972-01-01 1.640 1972-04-01 1.648 1972-07-01 1.625 1972-10-01 1.620 1973-01-01 1.642 1973-04-01 1.659 1973-07-01 1.659 1973-10-01 1.686 1974-01-01 1.673 1974-04-01 1.697 1974-07-01 1.711 1974-10-01 1.729 1975-01-01 1.715 1975-04-01 1.692 1975-07-01 1.691 1975-10-01 1.702 1976-01-01 1.705 1976-04-01 1.686 1976-07-01 1.673 1976-10-01 1.655 1977-01-01 1.647 1977-04-01 1.659 1977-07-01 1.671 1977-10-01 1.672 1978-01-01 1.671 1978-04-01 1.737 1978-07-01 1.750 1978-10-01 1.778 1979-01-01 1.786 1979-04-01 1.790 1979-07-01 1.799 1979-10-01 1.813 1980-01-01 1.825 1980-04-01 1.801 1980-07-01 1.785 1980-10-01 1.830 1981-01-01 1.883 1981-04-01 1.853 1981-07-01 1.875 1981-10-01 1.838 1982-01-01 1.792 1982-04-01 1.786 1982-07-01 1.774 1982-10-01 1.756 1983-01-01 1.698 1983-04-01 1.705 1983-07-01 1.729 1983-10-01 1.746 1984-01-01 1.765 1984-04-01 1.772 1984-07-01 1.780 1984-10-01 1.767 1985-01-01 1.751 1985-04-01 1.745 1985-07-01 1.743 1985-10-01 1.742 1986-01-01 1.741 1986-04-01 1.712 1986-07-01 1.696 1986-10-01 1.678 1987-01-01 1.677 1987-04-01 1.690 1987-07-01 1.707 1987-10-01 1.730 1988-01-01 1.723 1988-04-01 1.728 1988-07-01 1.741 1988-10-01 1.762 1989-01-01 1.789 1989-04-01 1.807 1989-07-01 1.799 1989-10-01 1.780 1990-01-01 1.795 1990-04-01 1.808 1990-07-01 1.805 1990-10-01 1.790 1991-01-01 1.779 1991-04-01 1.784 1991-07-01 1.798 1991-10-01 1.810 1992-01-01 1.824 1992-04-01 1.854 1992-07-01 1.879 1992-10-01 1.897 1993-01-01 1.917 1993-04-01 1.932 1993-07-01 1.942 1993-10-01 1.967 1994-01-01 1.990 1994-04-01 2.022 1994-07-01 2.046 1994-10-01 2.080 1995-01-01 2.095 1995-04-01 2.089 1995-07-01 2.080 1995-10-01 2.085 1996-01-01 2.086 1996-04-01 2.105 1996-07-01 2.110 1996-10-01 2.120 1997-01-01 2.123 1997-04-01 2.136 1997-07-01 2.136 1997-10-01 2.128 1998-01-01 2.113 1998-04-01 2.098 1998-07-01 2.099 1998-10-01 2.087 1999-01-01 2.079 1999-04-01 2.073 1999-07-01 2.076 1999-10-01 2.092 2000-01-01 2.082 2000-04-01 2.098 2000-07-01 2.088 2000-10-01 2.080 2001-01-01 2.034 2001-04-01 2.011 2001-07-01 1.968 2001-10-01 1.937 2002-01-01 1.927 2002-04-01 1.930 2002-07-01 1.913 2002-10-01 1.885 2003-01-01 1.876 2003-04-01 1.860 2003-07-01 1.863 2003-10-01 1.891 2004-01-01 1.905 2004-04-01 1.893 2004-07-01 1.900 2004-10-01 1.904 2005-01-01 1.930 2005-04-01 1.938 2005-07-01 1.947 2005-10-01 1.946 2006-01-01 1.959 2006-04-01 1.964 2006-07-01 1.953 2006-10-01 1.940 2007-01-01 1.937 2007-04-01 1.935 2007-07-01 1.928 2007-10-01 1.921 2008-01-01 1.888 2008-04-01 1.876 2008-07-01 1.852 2008-10-01 1.752 2009-01-01 1.679 2009-04-01 1.657 2009-07-01 1.660 2009-10-01 1.669 2010-01-01 1.687 2010-04-01 1.688 2010-07-01 1.690 2010-10-01 1.684 2011-01-01 1.673 2011-04-01 1.665 2011-07-01 1.609 2011-10-01 1.596 2012-01-01 1.588 2012-04-01 1.579 2012-07-01 1.568 2012-10-01 1.538 2013-01-01 1.533