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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Example Sentences

A related consideration is how monetary policy should interact with fiscal policy in an era of a structurally large federal deficit.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Any move higher in yields would do the trick, especially as the market grapples with uncertainty about the way new Fed chair Kevin Warsh will go about monetary policy.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

—Gold prices continued to retreat as investors assess the U.S. monetary policy outlook.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“Yes, I did say that it’s not an insurance interest-rate decision. Simply because it’s a good monetary policy interest-rate decision,” Lagarde replied.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 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