mpc: 13 M4 had continued to grow strongly; by over 12% in the year to February 2006. Excluding the
volatile `Other Financial Corporations' component, growth had been around 9%. With nominal
domestic demand growth having slipped below 4%, the velocity of broad money had continued to
trend downwards, as it had for most of the previous 25 years. The recent growth of M4 and the
observed decline in velocity was perhaps faster than could be accounted for by its normal
determinants.
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