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central banks

central banks is the plural of central bank.

Meaning of central bank

Noun

central bank (plural central banks)

  1. 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.
    • The first necessity of a Central Bank, charged with responsibility for the management of the monetary system as a whole, is to make sure that it has an unchallengeable control over the total volume of bank-money created by its Member Banks.1930, John Maynard Keynes, “Methods of National Management—I. The Control of the Member Banks”, in A Treatise on Money […], volume II (The Applied Theory of Money), London: Macmillan and Co., […]...
    Synonyms:
    national bank, reserve bank

Questions about central banks

What is central banks the plural of?
Central banks is the plural of central bank.

Words near central banks in the dictionary

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  2. Central Atlas Tamazight
  3. Central Australia
  4. central bank
  5. central bankism
  6. central banks
  7. Central Bedfordshire
  8. Central Bikol
  9. Central Bohemian Region
  10. Central Bridge
  11. central business district

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