central bank
The principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union, which normally…The principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union, which normally implements monetary objectives by controlling interest rates, issuing currency, managing the national debt, overseeing banking and financial activities, and regulating the supply of money.
» Governments and central banks primarily use monetary policy to control inflation.
Meaning
1 sensesThe principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union, which normally implements monetary objectives by controlling interest rates, issuing currency, managing the national debt, overseeing banking and financial activities, and regulating the supply of money.
Zentralbank, Notenbank
центра́льный банкcentrálʹnyj bank
центра́льний банкcentrálʹnyj bank
- a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government
Examples
17 sentencesGovernments and central banks primarily use monetary policy to control inflation.
It's a waste to just have the central banks watching over commodity prices.
He works at the European Central Bank.
ruОн работает в Европейском центральном банке. — marafon
deEr arbeitet bei der Europäischen Zentralbank. — Waldelfe
When it is seen to have risen too far, the central banks of major countries cooperate to intervene.
The central bank said Tuesday the currency depreciation was a deliberate policy in the face of dwindling oil revenues.
Translations
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Origin
From central (adjective) + bank (noun).From central (adjective) + bank (noun).
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Forms
plural: central banks| Singular | central bank |
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