Meanings
nounmonetary policy (countable and uncountable, plural monetary policies)
plural monetary policies
- countableuncountableeconomicsThe process by which the government, central bank, or monetary authority manages the supply of money, or trading in foreign exchange markets.
So what’s the Fed to do? It must manage interest rates without a working monetary policy compass.
2019 August 1, Mark Zandi, “Blame Trump for the Fed’s broken monetary policy compass”, in CNN
Translations
Catalan política monetària
- política monetàriaprocess
Chinese Mandarin 貨幣政策 /货币政策
- 貨幣政策 /货币政策 (huòbì zhèngcè)process
Czech monetární politika
- monetární politikaprocess
Danish pengepolitik
- pengepolitikprocess
Finnish rahapolitiikka
- rahapolitiikkaprocess
Hindi मौद्रिक नीति
- मौद्रिक नीति (maudrik nīti)process
Irish airgeadaíocht
- airgeadaíochtprocess
Norwegian Bokmål pengepolitikk
- pengepolitikkprocess
Portuguese política monetária
- política monetáriaprocess
Russian де́нежно-креди́тная поли́тика
- де́нежно-креди́тная поли́тика (dénežno-kredítnaja polítika)process
Swahili sera ya fedha
- sera ya fedhaprocess
Swedish penningpolitik
- penningpolitikprocess
Vietnamese chính sách tiền tệ
- chính sách tiền tệprocess
Cite this entry
APA
monetary policy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monetary%20policy
MLA
“monetary policy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monetary%20policy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monetary policy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monetary%20policy.
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