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M2

 

A category within the money supply that includes M1 in addition to all time-related deposits, savings deposits, and non-institutional money-market funds.

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M2 is a broader classification of money than M1. Economists use M2 when looking to quantify the amount of money in circulation and trying to explain different economic monetary conditions.

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Money Supply measure that includes M1 plus savings and small denomination time deposits, Money Market Demand Accounts, shares in Money Market Mutual Funds held by individual investors.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a measure of the money supply; M1 plus net time deposits (other than large certificates of deposit)


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M2, M-2 or M02 may refer to:

In computers and electronics

In economics

In firearms and military equipment

In public transport

In roads

In science

  • British NVC community M2, a mire biological community in the United Kingdom
  • M2 protein, an ion channel in the cell membrane of the influenza A virus
  • Messier 2 (M2), a globular cluster in the constellation Aquarius
  • ATC code M02 Topical products for joint and muscular pain, a subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System

In television and film

In music

  • Semitone, a musical interval sometimes abbreviated as "m2"
  • , a 2001 album by jazz musician Marcus Miller

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