the money supply

noun

business
: the total amount of money available for spending in a country's economy

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The Fed increased the money supply enormously in the 30 months after the first COVID case in 2020. Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025 Monetary inflation: Results from excessive expansion of the money supply, diluting currency value throughout the economy. Allbusiness, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 After the Bretton Woods system The Bretton Woods system forced the Federal Reserve to continuously increase the money supply in the U.S., running a trade deficit to provide Europe its reserve currency needs. Victor Rosario, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025 The United States held on until 1933, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) devalued the dollar and cut its gold backing, effectively expanding the money supply. Jon Helgi Egilsson, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the money supply

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