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

Policymakers also often argue that monetary policy shouldn’t respond to volatile swings in oil—but that approach is easier to defend when inflation is low and expectations are stable.

From Barron's

“You could see knock-on effects for monetary policy and inflation.”

From The Wall Street Journal

About the author: David Wessel is the director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution, which he joined in 2014 after 30 years as a reporter, editor, and columnist at The Wall Street Journal.

From Barron's

"The important point from a monetary policy perspective is that the new data confirm that the economy is performing strongly," Shilan Shah of Capital Economics said in a note.

From Barron's

German inflation fell slightly in February, while consumer price growth in France rebounded from pandemic lows, which should reassure the European Central Bank that monetary policy remains in a good place.

From The Wall Street Journal