: a medium of exchange consisting chiefly of checks and drafts
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Recent Examples on the WebAnd with shadow bank money still outside traditional regulatory control, the Fed has been on alert to backstop its issuers. Lev Menand, Time, 4 May 2022 Commercial bank money that serves as a medium of exchange generally earns little to no interest, so even a non-interest-bearing CBDC is a near-perfect substitute for commercial bank money. Norbert Michel, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022 This policy continues today with Treasury bill yields (and bank money-market yields) near zero percent, while the yield on the 10-year Treasury is less than the inflation rate. Mark Avallone, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021 Japan, a pioneer with these moves, added the idea of using central-bank money to prop up the stock market, hoping to revive the animal spirits of investors. Megumi Fujikawa, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2021 Advocates argue the cryptocurrency can act as a safe haven during times of turbulence and can be a hedge against rampant central-bank money printing. Vildana Hajric, Bloomberg.com, 17 Nov. 2020 Investors can afford to look away: The central-bank money machine has become a poor guide to their decision-making. Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2020 Of course, that loses the bank money, so the point of the $350 billion Congress appropriated was to plug the hole in the banks' balance sheets. Jeff Spross, TheWeek, 17 Apr. 2020 By making central-bank money scarce this has recently caused trouble in overnight money markets.The Economist, 30 Dec. 2019 See More