central bank
noun
: a national bank that operates to establish monetary and fiscal policy and to control the money supply and interest rate
central banker noun
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In his mind, this means that central bank officials are far from done with their monetary policy tightening. 
Will Daniel, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2022 Other central bank officials have recently echoed Powell’s message. Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022 Analysts think that the Bank of England will have to continue to raise rates to tamp down inflation that the central bank projects will hit 13% by year-end. Max Colchester, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022 The Kremlin’s main pillar of financial revenue — oil — has kept the Russian economy afloat despite export bans, sanctions and the freezing of central bank assets. Fatima Hussein, ajc, 31 Aug. 2022 Since the government does not collect enough revenue to make up the shortfall, the central bank prints pesos — pushing inflation even higher. New York Times, 20 Aug. 2022 Markets also braced for the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting in July, when the central bank hiked interest rates by 75 basis points for a second time this summer. Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 With inflation again approaching those double-digit levels, the central bank on Wednesday hiked short-term interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point, after an identical hefty increase in June. Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2022 The central bank has hiked rates five times since December in a bid to tame prices. Anna Cooban, CNN, 21 June 2022 See More
Will Daniel, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2022 Other central bank officials have recently echoed Powell’s message. Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022 Analysts think that the Bank of England will have to continue to raise rates to tamp down inflation that the central bank projects will hit 13% by year-end. Max Colchester, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022 The Kremlin’s main pillar of financial revenue — oil — has kept the Russian economy afloat despite export bans, sanctions and the freezing of central bank assets. Fatima Hussein, ajc, 31 Aug. 2022 Since the government does not collect enough revenue to make up the shortfall, the central bank prints pesos — pushing inflation even higher. New York Times, 20 Aug. 2022 Markets also braced for the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting in July, when the central bank hiked interest rates by 75 basis points for a second time this summer. Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 With inflation again approaching those double-digit levels, the central bank on Wednesday hiked short-term interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point, after an identical hefty increase in June. Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2022 The central bank has hiked rates five times since December in a bid to tame prices. Anna Cooban, CNN, 21 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1841, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
central bank
see bank