money market

noun

1. the short-term trade in money, as in the sale and purchase of bonds and certificates.

money market

noun

1. finance the financial institutions dealing with short-term loans and capital and with foreign exchange Compare capital market

money market

1. A collective term for the many markets in which funds that are loaned for short periods to businesses or to governments are bought and sold.

Word History and Origins

Origin of money market¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

U.S. money markets currently price around an 80% chance of a rate reduction.

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The Federal Reserve is struggling to persuade some banks to use a lending tool designed to improve the central bank’s control over short-term money markets.

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It was August 9, the same day that the French bank BNP announced that investors in their money market funds would be prevented from withdrawing their savings because of problems with U.S. subprime mortgages.

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“The Australian economy is in a unique situation,” RBA Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser said in a speech to money market participants on Monday.

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“I fully expect that the SRF will continue to be actively used in this way and contain upward pressures on money market rates.”

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