monetarism
a doctrine holding that changes in the money supply determine the direction of a nation's economy.
Origin of monetarism
1Other words from monetarism
- mon·e·ta·rist, noun, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for monetarism
/ (ˈmʌnɪtəˌrɪzəm) /
the theory that inflation is caused by an excess quantity of money in an economy
an economic policy based on this theory and on a belief in the efficiency of free market forces, that gives priority to achieving price stability by monetary control, balanced budgets, etc, and maintains that unemployment results from excessive real wage rates and cannot be controlled by Keynesian demand management
Derived forms of monetarism
- monetarist, noun, adjective
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Cultural definitions for monetarism
[ (mon-uh-tuh-riz-uhm) ]
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