monetary policy

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1. An attempt to achieve broad economic goals by the regulation of the supply of money. (Compare fiscal policy.)

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monetary policy

Investors don’t appear to be perturbed by the prospect of tighter monetary policy, they say, citing that holdings in gold exchange-traded funds have risen in recent sessions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Since then, data showing strong jobs creation and stubbornly high inflation have cemented expectations, with traders pricing a more than 90 percent chance board members choose to tighten monetary policy.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Markets could effectively be saying that one rate increase is insufficient to contain the inflation problem or that investors require greater compensation for risks extending beyond monetary policy.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

If gold stabilizes quickly despite tighter monetary policy, investors should ask why.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

One kind of monetary policy, which involves the central bank buying private assets, is chunked as quantitative easing.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker