the money supply
noun
business
: the total amount of money available for spending in a country's economy
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Tax bill full of perverse incentives Real World Economics: Remember the money supply?
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
Higher rates tend to lower inflation by tightening the money supply, but at the cost of higher unemployment.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
The brainchild of Alexander Hamilton, the Bank carried out some of the functions of a modern central bank, such as managing the money supply and undertaking a rudimentary form of macroeconomic policy and bank regulation.
—Time, 23 May 2025
To compensate for massive spending, the federal government increases the money supply and expands debt in effort to finance for the excessive deficit, instead of politically challenging method directly raising taxes.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
Higher rates tend to lower inflation by tightening the money supply, but at the cost of higher unemployment.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
The brainchild of Alexander Hamilton, the Bank carried out some of the functions of a modern central bank, such as managing the money supply and undertaking a rudimentary form of macroeconomic policy and bank regulation.
—Time, 23 May 2025
To compensate for massive spending, the federal government increases the money supply and expands debt in effort to finance for the excessive deficit, instead of politically challenging method directly raising taxes.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 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 20 Jun. 2025.
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