money supply
noun
: the total amount of money available in an economy for spending as calculated by any of various methods (as by adding total currency to funds available in private checking accounts)
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China’s economy has been slowing down despite an acceleration of money supply growth.
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George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
In that episode, shares of the troubled French colonial Mississippi Company were permitted to be used as legal tender, leading to a doubling of the French money supply.
—Tobias Burns, CNBC, 15 May 2026
Industries use gold too, but investors and central banks (institutions managing a country’s money supply) hold most of it as a store of value.
—Sharon Wu, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Qureshi noted that stablecoins are loosening the iron grip that governments have long wielded over their populations’ money supply, Fortune reported.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 6 May 2026
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George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
In that episode, shares of the troubled French colonial Mississippi Company were permitted to be used as legal tender, leading to a doubling of the French money supply.
—Tobias Burns, CNBC, 15 May 2026
Industries use gold too, but investors and central banks (institutions managing a country’s money supply) hold most of it as a store of value.
—Sharon Wu, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Qureshi noted that stablecoins are loosening the iron grip that governments have long wielded over their populations’ money supply, Fortune reported.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 6 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for money supply
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“Money supply.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/money%20supply. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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