Policies to reduce inflation, often called contractionary policies, are economic strategies used to slow down rising prices. These
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securities (economics)
Securities are financial assets that can be traded. Common examples include shares (ownership in a company), bonds, and
velocity of circulation
The velocity of circulation is the average number of times a single unit of currency is spent on
quantitative easing
Quantitative easing (QE) is an unconventional monetary policy used by a central bank when interest rates are already
deficit financing
Deficit financing happens when a government spends more money than it earns from taxes and other income sources.
central bank
A central bank is a national institution that manages a country’s currency, money supply, and interest rates. It
credit creation
Credit creation is the way commercial banks increase the total amount of money in an economy. They do
bank credit multiplier
The bank credit multiplier (also called the money multiplier) measures the maximum amount of new bank deposits that
capital ratio
The capital ratio (also known as the capital adequacy ratio) measures a bank’s financial strength. It compares the
reserve ratio
The reserve ratio (also known as the cash reserve ratio) is the portion of customer deposits that banks