money market
the short-term trade in money, as in the sale and purchase of bonds and certificates.
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How to use money market in a sentence
In both 2011 and 2013, money market mutual funds — one of the biggest buyers of the Treasury securities that have wobbled in recent days — saw significant outflows as investors fled a feared federal default.
Wall Street takes Washington debt drama ritual in stride as markets remained calm | David J. Lynch | October 8, 2021 | Washington PostThe Ethiopian government’s latest plans to open up its telecommunications sector and enter the mobile money market are sparking concerns over the fairness of its efforts.
The World Bank wants greater competition in Ethiopia’s telecom sector plans | Samuel Getachew | February 23, 2021 | QuartzI am only moving the amount of money I may need to live for 12 to 18 months into money market funds.
Your 401(k) is still likely to have a bumpy ride after the election | Michelle Singletary | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostIt also forced banks to consider designing their own Internet money market funds to compete with Yu'E Bao.
And since investors tend to treat money-market funds like cash, it makes sense for funds to maintain maximum flexibility.
The money-market fund industry nearly collapsed, as many money-market funds had Lehman Brothers commercial paper.
Debt-Limit Disaster Is Exponentially Worse Than 2008 Lehman Debacle | Daniel Gross | October 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFor reasons sort of dumb and complicated, my decent-sized Roth IRA is now almost entirely sitting in a money market account.
If it is, as I suspect, in a money market, then you should be able to rransfer it into a stock fund right online.
Ask the Blogger: Why Isn't My IRA Doing Anything? | Megan McArdle | October 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut such faith and zeal seem strangely out of place in the transactions of the money market.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayAny one who would offer a thousand Bondavara shares in the money-market would be sent to the mad-house.
Black Diamonds | Mr JkaiEven in the money market we must invest before we can realise profits.
The Hidden Power | Thomas TrowardI was told that in the money market in Baghdad a British advance would be heralded by a slump in Turkish exchange.
War in the Garden of Eden | Kermit RooseveltThe neutral nations of Europe have also sought accommodation in the American money market.
British Dictionary definitions for money market
finance the financial institutions dealing with short-term loans and capital and with foreign exchange: Compare capital market
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Cultural definitions for money market
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.
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