central bank
noun
: a national bank that operates to establish monetary and fiscal policy and to control the money supply and interest rate
central banker
noun
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With that cut, the central bank’s federal funds rate falls to a 4.5%-to-4.75% range.
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Rob Wile, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
At its September meeting, the central bank’s decision-making arm opted for a jumbo, 50-basis-point reduction to the benchmark rate, in its first cut in more than four years.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
This places Japan in opposition to most of the world’s central banks, particularly an increasingly dovish Fed.
—Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
The central bank expects that the headline rate will increase as these measures expire.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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Rob Wile, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
At its September meeting, the central bank’s decision-making arm opted for a jumbo, 50-basis-point reduction to the benchmark rate, in its first cut in more than four years.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
This places Japan in opposition to most of the world’s central banks, particularly an increasingly dovish Fed.
—Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
The central bank expects that the headline rate will increase as these measures expire.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Central bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/central%20bank. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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