Our Capital Economics' measure of M3 is falling year-on-year, albeit at a slower rate. The M2 aggregate is growing at an unusually slow pace, and credit is contracting. Over the past 12 months, the 3.2% expansion in M2 has only just matched the growth in real GDP, which helps to explain why price inflation is so weak.
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