BarroMetrics Views: The St Louis Fed Reserve
RoboYak asked:
“So from this graph how can you tell when banks start lending to main street, will the value start trending lower, say below 2,000? ”
Figure 1 shows the deposits in the St Louis since 1910. We see an exponential rise from 800 at the start of the sub-prime crisis.
Figure 2 shows that the ascent is stalling. My benchmarks:
- A break below 2000 would be warning that lending has resumed.
- A break below 1600 would be reflected in the CPI
- A break to 800 would mean banks are lending freely.
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FIGURE 1 St Louis Fed Reserves from 1910
FIGURE 2 St Louis Fed Reserves from 1985
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