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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Which is why central banks are powerless over where dollars go and in what amount.
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John Tamny, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
The central bank spiked its key borrowing rate by 5.25 percentage points during its inflation fight but has lowered it a full point since then as officials grow more comfortable with where inflation is heading.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2025
The central bank has slashed its key interest rate by a percentage point since September, moving ahead with a plan to bring rates closer to normal after inflation slowed through the first nine months of last year.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
Yet the Fed has struggled with the last leg of its inflation battle in pushing the CPI to a 2% annual rate, and December's reading could convince the central bank to hold off on another rate cut at its next meeting, scheduled for Jan. 29.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
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John Tamny, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
The central bank spiked its key borrowing rate by 5.25 percentage points during its inflation fight but has lowered it a full point since then as officials grow more comfortable with where inflation is heading.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2025
The central bank has slashed its key interest rate by a percentage point since September, moving ahead with a plan to bring rates closer to normal after inflation slowed through the first nine months of last year.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
Yet the Fed has struggled with the last leg of its inflation battle in pushing the CPI to a 2% annual rate, and December's reading could convince the central bank to hold off on another rate cut at its next meeting, scheduled for Jan. 29.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Central bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/central%20bank. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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