Monetary policy

Government policy to stimulate or otherwise influence economic activity by influencing money supply or interest rates.

Mechanisms for influencing the money supply include the use of open market operations, quantitative easing, the central bank discount rate and reserve requirements.

See also

• Discount rate
• Fiscal policy
• Interest rate
• Keynesianism
• Money supply
• Open market operations
• Quantitative easing
• Reserve requirements
• ZLB problem