the money supply
noun
business
: the total amount of money available for spending in a country's economy
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Econ teachers taught even freshman intro students about the money supply in great detail.
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 11 May 2025
The Fed has also branched out into other areas beyond the money supply, pontificating on inequality, climate, race, and other issues.
—The Editors, National Review, 22 Apr. 2025
By limiting the government’s ability to expand the money supply at will, the gold standard constrained excessive borrowing.
—Sanford Mann, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
The Federal Reserve has paused further cuts to its benchmark federal funds rate, which affects the money supply by determining the interest banks charge one another for overnight loans.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 11 May 2025
The Fed has also branched out into other areas beyond the money supply, pontificating on inequality, climate, race, and other issues.
—The Editors, National Review, 22 Apr. 2025
By limiting the government’s ability to expand the money supply at will, the gold standard constrained excessive borrowing.
—Sanford Mann, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
The Federal Reserve has paused further cuts to its benchmark federal funds rate, which affects the money supply by determining the interest banks charge one another for overnight loans.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the money supply
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