central bank

noun

: a national bank that operates to establish monetary and fiscal policy and to control the money supply and interest rate

central banker noun

Examples of central bank in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Yields have climbed on worries about expensive oil and high inflation, which could push the Federal Reserve and other central banks to raise interest rates. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

None of this depends on a government program or a central bank decision. — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 10 July 2026

Worse still, war tends to increase inflation (as is currently happening) and increase debt, which pushes central banks of big economies to raise rates to stave off overheating, slowing down overall growth in those countries. — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026

But Warsh has focused instead on reforming the central bank’s public messaging — mostly by demanding less of it. — Benn Steil, Washington Post, 9 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for central bank

• antitank
• interbank
• riverbank
• banc
• blank
• clank
• crank
• dank
• drank
• flank
• franc
• hank

Legal Definition

central bank

see also:

bank