monetary policy

Cultural  

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

There had been speculation that Logan would dissent at October’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting, given her previous calls for tighter monetary policy and a previous dissent she gave in July.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

“I judge that additional firming of monetary policy will be necessary, and soon,” Musalem said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

"I want to have the freedom of speech, the freedom of expression and the freedom to engage on matters that are not monetary policy matters," she said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Chairman Kevin Warsh unveiled a structural overhaul of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting schedule to separate near-term interest-rate decisions from long-term monetary policy strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 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

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