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)

Examples of money supply in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As Gaza’s money supply dwindled and civilians’ desperation mounted, cash brokers’ commissions — around 5% at the start of the war — skyrocketed. —Wafaa Shurafa, Fortune, 11 July 2025

Historically, the bitcoin price has tracked the M2 money supply, which is the Federal Reserve’s estimate of liquid assets, including cash, money deposited in checking accounts, savings accounts, and other short-term saving vehicles such as money market funds. —Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025

For investors and capital allocators, understanding that capital markets are subject to volatile cycles driven by government intervention in money supply is an important reminder. —Ivan Illan, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025

Fixed money supply can lead to deflation, discouraging investment and economic growth. —Sanford Mann, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1871, in the meaning defined above

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