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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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Nominal GDP is also growing faster than the money supply, which means the velocity of money, or nominal GDP divided by the money supply, is rising.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

The notion of the velocity of money is sometimes forgotten...

From New York Times Oct. 27, 2016

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

My reasoning was that we were in a deleveraging world where the velocity of money was clearly falling.

From Forbes Oct. 21, 2014

I conclude that there is positive reason for expecting an increase of money to reduce the velocity of money.

From The Value of Money by Benjamin M. Anderson

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