a national bank that does business mainly with a government and with other banks: it regulates the volume and cost of credit
central bank in American English
1.
the main, centralized bank of a nation, responsible variously for implementing monetary policy, issuing currency, handling banking transactions for the government and other banks, etc.
2.
any of the twelve district banks of the Federal Reserve System
Derived forms
central banker
Examples of 'central bank' in a sentence
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Will central banks have to change their policy settings to suit a dramatically different economic environment?
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This hostility to globalisation is particularly alarming because it comes as central banks are clearly running out of tools to support the economy.
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Lack of capital is no barrier to survival at a central bank, then.
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He said she was not talking about interfering with the central bank but offsetting any side-effects with tax and spending measures.
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These assets include the residential property, bonds and equities that have soared in value as a direct result of central bank stimulus.
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The central bank has used about half its foreign reserves since 2011 to prop up the pound and implemented strict restrictions on hard currency.
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The tentacles of the investment bank already extend deep into America's central bank.
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The focus, though, was firmly on central banks.
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In geopolitics, we're betting our central banks can do what they used to.
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Policymakers at the central bank will be concerned if the German economy begins to show signs of a slowdown, because it has propped up a struggling eurozone.
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Rock stars and central banks make an uncomfortable fit.
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The independence of the central bank from government pressure is essential to effective monetary policy.
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It is the job of central banks and governments to calm the air.
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But this is such a big crisis that it will force governments and central banks to listen in future.
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Governments and central banks have combined to ensure that there has been no increase in the overall risks run by lenders.
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Not if you took out all that support from the Government and central banks.
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The dollar accounts for more than 60 per cent of the foreign reserves of central banks and governments.
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The efforts of governments and central banks this week to support the financial system and get banks lending to each other again seem well judged.
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This cash injection took the form of large central bank purchases of government bonds, which pushed bond prices up and yields down.
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Others may follow them, and might have done so already were it not for the concerted action of governments and central banks.
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They are completely distorted by central bank interventions like QE.
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A European central bank is not regarded by many senior bankers as a serious proposition in their lifetimes.
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So consumers tend to spend less and businesses invest less, which is ideal if a government or central bank is worried about rising prices.
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The spark came in April, when the central bank began to run out of dollar bills.
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A monetary system with one central bank for 17 countries ought to be able to act decisivelyto defuse crises.
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In April he published some thinking about what to do once a central bank's armoury is exhausted.
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The fund sounded an alert over a growing global inflation problem, and urged that tackling this should be the top priority for governments and central banks.
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It is the job of government and central banks to end financial panic, and that meant putting in a lot of money to support the banks.
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And governments and central banks need to keep a constant tight rein on the high consumption of many Latin Americans.