velocity of money

American  

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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Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2017

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

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

Volume of trade, velocity of money and velocity of bank-credit had been generally supposed, until these studies were undertaken, to be beyond the reach of the statistician.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.