Fed stablecoin research exposes how the same dollar could count twice in M1 or M2
Their staff note makes classification possible in theory, while reserve overlap and offshore circulation block a clean liquidity measure. The post Fed stablecoin research exposes how the same dollar could count twice in M1 or M2 appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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