the money supply
noun
business
: the total amount of money available for spending in a country's economy
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For more than a hundred years, Congress has enacted laws that create independent agencies, like the Federal Reserve to regulate the money supply and the Securities and Exchange Commission to regulate Wall Street.
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David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Several months earlier, the Fed had launched a round of quantitative easing, purchasing trillions of dollars of assets in the following two years to expand the money supply.
—Scott Sumner, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2016
Traditionally, the money supply and interest rates have been principal tools.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Supply-siders have begged the heavens: Could these people please stop it with the money supply and the gold standard?
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Several months earlier, the Fed had launched a round of quantitative easing, purchasing trillions of dollars of assets in the following two years to expand the money supply.
—Scott Sumner, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2016
Traditionally, the money supply and interest rates have been principal tools.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Supply-siders have begged the heavens: Could these people please stop it with the money supply and the gold standard?
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 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 3 Mar. 2025.
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