Effects of Seasonal Adjustment on the Money Stock
The emphasis placed on money stock changes
in the conduct and analysis of monetary
policy has recently increased interest in the
seasonal adjustment of the money stock. This
new interest can be seen several ways. Money
market analysts, for example, are using an apparent
seasonal pattern in the seasonally adjusted
money stock as an aid to prediction.
Also, annual revisions in the seasonal adjustment
factors the Federal Reserve uses in adjusting
raw money figures seem to be getting
bigger. The most recent revisions were the
largest ever.