Finance glossary
Money Supply
Definition
The total amount of money circulating in an economy.
The money supply measures all cash, deposits, and liquid assets in an economy, tracked in tiers like M1 and M2. Central banks influence it through policy to manage inflation and growth. Rapid money supply growth is often associated with rising inflation over time.
In a sentence
A rapid jump in the money supply stoked fears that inflation would follow.
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