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Money Supply

~59% Of Global Money Supply Over Time In USD (Latest Data - 10/1/26)

Last Total $105.2T

$105.2T

Oct 1, 2026

Of this basket: China 49.7% · US 22.2% · Europe 18.2% · Japan 9.9%

JapanEuropeUnited StatesChinaTotal
$0.00T$11.7T$23.4T$35.1T$46.8T$58.5T$0.00T$23.6T$47.1T$70.7T$94.2T$117.8TJan 99Jul 04Feb 10Aug 15Mar 21Oct 26≈59% of global money supply (2024)

Left axis: each region in USD trillions. Right axis: four-region total in USD trillions. US Fed M2, ECB M2, China M2, Japan broad money, converted at month-end FX. China after 2019 and Japan after late 2023 use World Bank annual (plus a PBOC May 2026 China print).These four regions are about 59% of World Bank global broad money (2024). Updated Oct 19, 2026.

These four regions were about 59% of World Bank global broad money in 2024 ($90T of $152T). UK, India, and other EM make up most of the rest. Of the basket: China 49.7%, US 22.2%, Europe 18.2%, Japan 9.9%. FX moves the dollar lines even when local money is unchanged.

Data Grade

US M2 / euro-area M2:

C

Official monthly aggregates, converted at month-end FX. Not market prices. Definitions are not identical across regions.

China / Japan recent years:

C

FRED monthly goes stale (China 2019, Japan late 2023). Later years use World Bank annual plus a PBOC May 2026 China print, interpolated. Treat the right edge as an estimate.

Share of global money:

C

World Bank world broad money (% of GDP) times world GDP, lined up with this four-region total in the same year. Annual, lagged, and not the same definition as Fed or ECB M2.