money market

American  

noun

1. the short-term trade in money, as in the sale and purchase of bonds and certificates.

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money market British  

noun

1. finance the financial institutions dealing with short-term loans and capital and with foreign exchange Compare capital market

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money market Cultural  

1. A collective term for the many markets in which funds that are loaned for short periods to businesses or to governments are bought and sold.

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Etymology

Origin of money market

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Markets are currently pricing in a nearly 60% chance of a rate hike in April, according to data from money market broker Tokyo Tanshi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Make sure that your money is not sitting in a checking account earning zero interest, but rather in high-yield savings accounts, money market accounts and/or short-term CDs.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026

Brad Clark, CEO of Solomon Financial, uses money market mutual funds regularly for his clients and has used ultrashort-duration bond ETFs.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025

The Fed has agreed on a “deliberately cautious approach to avoid the kind of money market strains experienced in September 2019,” Powell said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

All over the world corporations began to yank their money out of money market funds, and short-term interest rates spiked as they had never before spiked.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis