the money supply
noun
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: the total amount of money available for spending in a country's economy
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In the aftermath of 2008, when central banks aggressively grew the money supply, many economists leaned on monetarism to predict imminent hyperinflation.
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Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, TIME, 31 July 2024
This means the Fed sets interest rates and controls the money supply.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 29 July 2024
It was caused by the money supply increasing too fast.
—Tim Lankester, Fortune, 16 May 2024
At the start of the 1970s, the chair of the Fed at the time, Arthur Burns, recklessly expanded the money supply in what many viewed as an effort to help President Richard Nixon get reelected.
—Kenneth S. Rogoff, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2022
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Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, TIME, 31 July 2024
This means the Fed sets interest rates and controls the money supply.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 29 July 2024
It was caused by the money supply increasing too fast.
—Tim Lankester, Fortune, 16 May 2024
At the start of the 1970s, the chair of the Fed at the time, Arthur Burns, recklessly expanded the money supply in what many viewed as an effort to help President Richard Nixon get reelected.
—Kenneth S. Rogoff, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2022
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