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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As money supply increases, the amount of fiat currency in circulation also increases - ultimately, this is the long-term decision-maker for inflation, which is a general increase in prices - or, flipped another way, the gradual loss of purchasing power for fiat money.
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Roger Huang, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
As the banks lend, invest, and otherwise spend this new money, the overall money supply that’s circulating increases.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2012
Stuck on the gold standard, the U.S. and other nations couldn’t expand their money supply to stimulate recovery.
—Jon Helgi Egilsson, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
These days, countries have central banks to oversee their money supplies, as well as to set interest rates, combat inflation, and otherwise control their monetary policy.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2012
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Roger Huang, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
As the banks lend, invest, and otherwise spend this new money, the overall money supply that’s circulating increases.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2012
Stuck on the gold standard, the U.S. and other nations couldn’t expand their money supply to stimulate recovery.
—Jon Helgi Egilsson, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
These days, countries have central banks to oversee their money supplies, as well as to set interest rates, combat inflation, and otherwise control their monetary policy.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2012
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 25 Mar. 2025.
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