Submitted by CARPE DIEM

The chart above (click to enlarge) shows the growth rates (from a year ago) for the monetary base and M1 money supply since 2005. M1 has been flat with zero growth for more than 2 years, and the growth in the monetary base has been declining and is now approaching 0% growth. Given these monetary data, is the concern about inflation inflated?

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