the money supply
noun
business
: the total amount of money available for spending in a country's economy
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When money is backed by a physical commodity with intrinsic value, the ability of central banks to expand the money supply becomes naturally constrained.
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Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
When financed by borrowing, this can pressure the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low or buy bonds (quantitative easing), expanding the money supply.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
The government has also decreased the offshore supply of the yuan and strategically tightened the money supply when influential foreign hedge funds make large public bets against the currency.
—Rebecca Liao, Foreign Affairs, 30 Mar. 2016
Governments and central banks should vary taxes and public spending along with the money supply and interest rates to moderate harmful economic swings and avoid extremes.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025
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Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
When financed by borrowing, this can pressure the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low or buy bonds (quantitative easing), expanding the money supply.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
The government has also decreased the offshore supply of the yuan and strategically tightened the money supply when influential foreign hedge funds make large public bets against the currency.
—Rebecca Liao, Foreign Affairs, 30 Mar. 2016
Governments and central banks should vary taxes and public spending along with the money supply and interest rates to moderate harmful economic swings and avoid extremes.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the money supply
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“The money supply.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20money%20supply. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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