Dollars, dollars everywhere; not a buck to spend
Often, when financial writers talk about "running the printing presses" to increase the money supply, it's a metaphor. Money stock and currency in circulation don't necessarily move in tandem. But in this economy metaphors have become real. As this graph from the St. Louis Fed shows, the greenback population started soaring last summer and hasn't stopped. It's the biggest jump in currency growth since the Y2K scare.
