monetary policy

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

Example Sentences

Powell devoted much of his speech to indirectly defending the central bank against a litany of critiques lodged in recent months over the Fed’s conduct on monetary policy since the 2020 pandemic, including by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and by several candidates who could succeed Powell as Fed chair when his term ends next May.

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Over recent months, Taylor has repeatedly voted to lower the key rate more rapidly than have most of his colleagues on the monetary policy committee.

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Paulson believes tariffs will temporarily increase prices but not cause lasting inflation, advising monetary policy to look through these effects.

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“Given this base case, monetary policy should look through tariff effects on prices.”

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Markets across Asia will focus on monetary policy signals.

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