M1

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M1

Measure of the U.S. money stock that consists of: (1) currency held by the public (i.e. outside the U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve Banks, and the vaults of depository institutions); (2) travelers checks (issued by nonbanks); (3) demand deposits at commercial banks (excluding those amounts held by depository institutions, the U.S. government, and foreign banks and official institutions) less cash items in the process of collection and Federal Reserve float; and (4) other checkable deposits (OCDs), consisting of negotiable order of withdrawal (NOW) and automatic transfer service (ATS ) accounts at depository institutions, credit union share draft accounts, and demand deposits at thrift institutions.