Exchange Currency

monetary base

Usually, the currency and central bank deposits that together provide the base for the money supply under fractional reserve banking. Also defined as the central bank assets the acquisition of which creates this monetary base by injecting domestic money into the economy. The latter definition usually includes international reserves and domestic credit. By either definition, the monetary base changes as a result ofopen market operations and exchange market intervention.

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  1. Monetary base - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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  7. Monetary base: Definition from Answers.com
    Monetary Base Sum of reserve accounts of financial institutions at Federal Reserve Banks, currency in circulation (currency held by the public and in the.
     
  8. FRB: H.3 Release--Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions ...
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