the money supply
noun
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: the total amount of money available for spending in a country's economy
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Supply-siders have begged the heavens: Could these people please stop it with the money supply and the gold standard?
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Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
The primary policy levers on inflation are the money supply and interest rates.
—Aine Seitz McCarthy, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
The theory’s monetarism—the policy of using the money supply to influence the whole economy instead of relying on complicated legislative decisions around taxing and spending—was similarly elegant and apolitical.
—Felicia Wong, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
Over decades, central banks have steadily increased the money supply to finance government debt, bailouts, and economic stimulus programs.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
The primary policy levers on inflation are the money supply and interest rates.
—Aine Seitz McCarthy, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
The theory’s monetarism—the policy of using the money supply to influence the whole economy instead of relying on complicated legislative decisions around taxing and spending—was similarly elegant and apolitical.
—Felicia Wong, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
Over decades, central banks have steadily increased the money supply to finance government debt, bailouts, and economic stimulus programs.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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“The money supply.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20money%20supply. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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