Definition of M2 Money Supply

Definition: M2 is a measure of total money supply. M2 includes everything in M1 and also savings and other time deposits.

Terms related to M2 Money Supply:

• Money-in-the-Utility-Function
• The M1 Money Supply
• Fiat Money

About.Com Resources on M2 Money Supply:

• What Is Money?
• Why Not Just Print More Money?
• Why does money have value?

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Journal Articles on M2 Money Supply:

• Long-Term Contracts, Rational Expectations, and the Optimal Money Supply Rule
• "Rational" Expectations, the Optimal Monetary Instrument, and the Optimal Money Supply Rule
• Nominal price rigidity, money supply endogeneity, and business cycles