Stupid graphs posted by people

Item 1:

Source: Antoni.

Item 2:

Source: Antoni.

Not that the data is “wrong” (I’m not a data conspiracy guru). Out of context, it doesn’t mean anything. Here’s what a suitable graph (prompted by Quantity Theory) might show:

Figure 1: M2 to GDP (blue, left scale), M2 to GDPNow (10/18) (blue +, left scale), PCE deflator (tan, right scale), all in the logs. The NBER has defined recession days as shaded in gray. Source: Federal Reserve, BEA via FRED, Atlanta Fed, NBER, and author’s calculations.

Figure 2: M2 to GDP (blue ratio, left), M2 to GDPNow (10/18) (blue +, left scale), PCE deflator (tan, right scale), all in logs, 1986Q1=0. The NBER has defined recession days as shaded in gray. Source: Federal Reserve, BEA via FRED, Atlanta Fed, NBER, and author’s calculations.

By the way, try the integration test in this thread, to get some light.

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