Figure E

Monetary base and inflation, 1985–2014

Inflation Monetary base
1985/01/01 0.04647 0.045977
1985/04/01 0.04431 0.046262
1985/07/01 0.04136 0.046432
1985/10/01 0.04284 0.046911
1986/01/01 0.04236 0.046878
1986/04/01 0.04061 0.047736
1986/07/01 0.04042 0.048297
1986/10/01 0.03869 0.049224
1987/01/01 0.03501 0.049663
1987/04/01 0.03833 0.049774
1987/07/01 0.03748 0.049486
1987/10/01 0.03811 0.049364
1988/01/01 0.03973 0.049425
1988/04/01 0.03917 0.049454
1988/07/01 0.04033 0.049443
1988/10/01 0.04115 0.049041
1989/01/01 0.04123 0.048356
1989/04/01 0.03960 0.047977
1989/07/01 0.03885 0.047640
1989/10/01 0.03943 0.047785
1990/01/01 0.04171 0.047505
1990/04/01 0.04435 0.048027
1990/07/01 0.04903 0.048761
1990/10/01 0.04799 0.049952
1991/01/01 0.04906 0.051122
1991/04/01 0.04380 0.051345
1991/07/01 0.03901 0.051579
1991/10/01 0.03725 0.052018
1992/01/01 0.03239 0.052374
1992/04/01 0.03279 0.052726
1992/07/01 0.02972 0.053497
1992/10/01 0.02947 0.054205
1993/01/01 0.02857 0.055007
1993/04/01 0.02943 0.055745
1993/07/01 0.02841 0.056813
1993/10/01 0.02665 0.057270
1994/01/01 0.02429 0.057896
1994/04/01 0.02239 0.057892
1994/07/01 0.02307 0.058283
1994/10/01 0.02174 0.058074
1995/01/01 0.02401 0.058279
1995/04/01 0.02517 0.058868
1995/07/01 0.02582 0.058501
1995/10/01 0.02707 0.058186
1996/01/01 0.02611 0.057930
1996/04/01 0.02413 0.057332
1996/07/01 0.02355 0.057545
1996/10/01 0.02327 0.057434
1997/01/01 0.02230 0.057429
1997/04/01 0.02329 0.057289
1997/07/01 0.02175 0.057161
1997/10/01 0.02093 0.057612
1998/01/01 0.02233 0.057856
1998/04/01 0.02084 0.057878
1998/07/01 0.02165 0.057587
1998/10/01 0.02193 0.057811
1999/01/01 0.01999 0.058332
1999/04/01 0.01988 0.059025
1999/07/01 0.02030 0.059029
1999/10/01 0.02066 0.061334
2000/01/01 0.02241 0.060494
2000/04/01 0.02356 0.058717
2000/07/01 0.02474 0.058480
2000/10/01 0.02497 0.058377
2001/01/01 0.02613 0.058919
2001/04/01 0.02621 0.059124
2001/07/01 0.02631 0.061265
2001/10/01 0.02709 0.062006
2002/01/01 0.02527 0.062693
2002/04/01 0.02418 0.063302
2002/07/01 0.02271 0.063802
2002/10/01 0.02039 0.064150
2003/01/01 0.01868 0.064634
2003/04/01 0.01477 0.064923
2003/07/01 0.01364 0.064162
2003/10/01 0.01154 0.063792
2004/01/01 0.01307 0.063548
2004/04/01 0.01803 0.063258
2004/07/01 0.01820 0.063526
2004/10/01 0.02177 0.063015
2005/01/01 0.02288 0.062301
2005/04/01 0.02132 0.061852
2005/07/01 0.02047 0.061464
2005/10/01 0.02087 0.060958
2006/01/01 0.02119 0.060865
2006/04/01 0.02474 0.060619
2006/07/01 0.02823 0.060240
2006/10/01 0.02689 0.059540
2007/01/01 0.02623 0.059522
2007/04/01 0.02272 0.058935
2007/07/01 0.02111 0.058682
2007/10/01 0.02307 0.058131
2008/01/01 0.02385 0.058407
2008/04/01 0.02344 0.058025
2008/07/01 0.02461 0.059578
2008/10/01 0.02002 0.096490
2009/01/01 0.01745 0.115915
2009/04/01 0.01817 0.124171
2009/07/01 0.01493 0.120357
2009/10/01 0.01731 0.137261
2010/01/01 0.01321 0.142642
2010/04/01 0.00983 0.136930
2010/07/01 0.00922 0.134071
2010/10/01 0.00634 0.130878
2011/01/01 0.01092 0.145840
2011/04/01 0.01493 0.167295
2011/07/01 0.01472 0.172797
2011/10/01 0.02165 0.166311
2012/01/01 0.02192 0.168291
2012/04/01 0.02341 0.164062
2012/07/01 0.02411 0.163492
2012/10/01 0.01910 0.160913
2013/01/01 0.01991 0.172375
2013/04/01 0.01610 0.186891
2013/07/01 0.01753 0.201347
2013/10/01 0.01747 0.213488
2014/01/01 0.01605 0.225456
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