monetarism

noun

mon·​e·​tar·​ism ˈmä-nə-tə-ˌri-zəm 

 also  ˈmə-

: a theory in economics that stable economic growth can be assured only by control of the rate of increase of the money supply to match the capacity for growth of real productivity

monetarist

ˈmä-nə-tə-rist 

 also  ˈmə-

noun or adjective

Examples of monetarism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At the same time, the brevity that disallows discussion of the myriad central planning conceits of monetarism is simple when discussing Paul Volcker. —John Tamny, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025

Yes, Syria, much like every city, state and country, is a thorough rejection of monetarism. —John Tamny, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025

Channeling the most famous monetarist of all (Milton Friedman), who admitted late in life that monetarism was bogus, money that actually circulates is always and everywhere an effect of production, not an instigator. —John Tamny, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025

In the aftermath of 2008, when central banks aggressively grew the money supply, many economists leaned on monetarism to predict imminent hyperinflation. —Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, TIME, 31 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

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