bank of issue
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bank of issue
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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But a few hours sufficed the Davila Government to take over the Banco Central, organized as the sole Chilean bank of issue after Princeton Professor Edwin Walter Kemmerer, famed "Currency Doctor" was called to Santiago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Each bank of issue must hold in actual gold or gold certificates at least 40% of the amount of its outstanding currency.
From Time Magazine Archive
By nightfall the best that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York could do was make an offer like London's: to share in another loan originating in some other central bank of issue.
From Time Magazine Archive
It will be a clearing house for Reparations, not an international bank of issue, not a competitor with the great central banks as some have feared.
From Time Magazine Archive
One bank of issue, and not divided into departments.
From War-Time Financial Problems by Withers, Hartley
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