Interestingly I came to the exact same conclusion on Thursday last week (b4 this video came out), having spoken to REAL PEOPLE in CBs and also Commercial Banks, to understand the flows and mechanisms
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Deposits have velocity
Reserves have in-effect no velocity
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It means that if there is one thing to watch, it's the H.8 data, i.e. deposits (main part of M2) and also the C&I loans. Both are trending down after spiking in Mar
Also how much of Treasury auctions PDs (banks) buying, vs total amount of QE
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Right now, deflation has more data supporting it IMO
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If USD strengthens then opposite = deflationary
Recent USD move down, same time as CPI up, now USD perhaps stabilised again (TBC...!)