the money supply
noun
business
: the total amount of money available for spending in a country's economy
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By limiting the government’s ability to expand the money supply at will, the gold standard constrained excessive borrowing.
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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
The Fed has held off on further reductions to its federal funds rate, which influences the money supply by setting the interest rate that banks can charge each other for overnight loans.
—Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
For a recession, Keynes prescribed the opposite: Cut taxes and increase spending and the money supply to lower interest rates to charge the economy toward growth in hiring and production.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025
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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
The Fed has held off on further reductions to its federal funds rate, which influences the money supply by setting the interest rate that banks can charge each other for overnight loans.
—Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
For a recession, Keynes prescribed the opposite: Cut taxes and increase spending and the money supply to lower interest rates to charge the economy toward growth in hiring and production.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the money supply
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“The money supply.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20money%20supply. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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