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The quantity of money present in an economy
at a given moment. Monetarists hold that a
rapid increase in money supply inevitably
provokes a rise in the rate of inflation. In
Britain there are several definitions of
money supply. M0 was defined as notes and
coins in circulation, together with the
operational balance of clearing banks with
the Bank of England. The M1 definition
encompasses M0 plus current account deposits;
M2, now rarely used, covers the M1 items plus
deposit accounts; M3 covers M2 items plus all
other deposits held by UK citizens and
companies in the UK banking sector. In May
1987 the Bank of England introduced new terms
including M4 (M3 plus building society
deposits) and M5 (M4 plus Treasury bills and
local authority deposits).