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

U.S. money markets currently price around an 80% chance of a rate reduction.

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The Federal Reserve is struggling to persuade some banks to use a lending tool designed to improve the central bank’s control over short-term money markets.

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“The Australian economy is in a unique situation,” RBA Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser said in a speech to money market participants on Monday.

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“I fully expect that the SRF will continue to be actively used in this way and contain upward pressures on money market rates.”

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Investors are less sure about prospects for December’s meeting after the latest Fed announcement, with money markets currently pricing in a 68% chance of another rate reduction then.

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