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velocity of money

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noun

Economics.
  1. the frequency with which a single unit of currency or the total money supply turns over within the economy in a given year.


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Not equal job growth, but larger velocity of money as well.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2017

There would be some jobs, the wages of these jobs would be spent here rather than there thus increasing the velocity of money.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2016

Inflation is caused by too much speculation, commodity price increases, slack productivity increases, wars and the velocity of money entering the economy.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2014

For me, the monetary policy followed by the central banks had to lead to a collapse in the velocity of money, and from there to deflation.

From Forbes • Oct. 21, 2014

V, the average velocity of money for the year, is highly abstract.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.