[irln]

Three data points:

Fed Balance Sheet https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WALCL Fed Balance Sheet hasn't been reduced in any meaningful way.

Bank credit: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TOTBKCR Bank's have themselves continued increasing the money supply.

Worldwide debt: https://www.iif.com/publication/global-debt-monitor/global-d... Random snippet from Q32017

[RhodesianHunter]

1. Does not account for inflation, which would show a 5.8% drop between 2014-2018.

2. Viewing this chart on a logarithmic scale as it should be, or viewing the same data charted as year over year percent change, paints a much less intimidating picture. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TOTBKCR

3. "This publication is available to IIF Members only."

[johnvanommen]

Well that's the stuff of nightmares.