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

Financial markets expect Warsh and the central bank will brush off such warnings. — ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026

Financial markets expect that Warsh and the central bank will brush off such warnings. — Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

The market is pricing in a 90% likelihood that the federal funds rate will rise a quarter point following the central bank’s meeting on Wednesday, according to the CME FedWatch Tool. — Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

Hammack, Kashkari and Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan dissented from the central bank’s July decision to hold rates steady, instead backing a rate hike. — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 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