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monetary policy

The means by which entities, as government agencies, as the Federal Reserve, Department of the Treasury, and institutions as the central bank, control the supply of money (M1, M3). This process includes trading in foreign exchange markets.

Monetary policy can but viewed in its two forms: expansionary and contractionary. Expansionary policy increases the total money supply (liquidity) and is used to fight unemployment or recessionary pressures, mainly by lowering interest rates. Direct cash infusions to struggling private institutions or government rebates to individuals can be used as emergency measures to avoid panic runs on banks as was seen in the 1929 market crash. These measures are very dangerous and are considered highly inflationary and destabilizing to currency exchange rates. Economic theory would indicate that such uncontrolled printing of money, indicates failure of fiscal policy (which refers to government borrowing, spending, and taxation).

Contractionary policy is used to control inflation by raising interest rates. A "perfect storm" scenario would be when a government "should be" using a contractionary policy and resorts to an expansionary policy.
The world is very critical of the monetary policy of the United States and is punishing it by devaluing its currency.
by Guido1 March 30, 2008
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monica

the sexiest woman on the planet. never see her without peeing your pants. cant help but pop one when you look at her. always laughing and has a smile that makes you poop your pants. but you gotta love her :D
DAMN!!!! look at that sexy monica over there. she is the sexiest woman on the planet. never see her without peeing your pants. cant help but pop one when you look at her. always laughing and has a smile that makes you poop your pants. but you gotta love her :D
by Urban Dictionary February 23, 2008
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monegasm

The pleasurable feeling obtained from making money.

For many people, the intensity of a monegasm is proportional to the rate at which money is acquired. For some people, notably those in the finance industry, the risk that one takes in achieving a monegasm will increase the intensity of the resulting experience.
Bankers, traders and investors effectively became addicted to monegasm, while at the same time increasingly losing touch with just how much risk they were taking.

The Publisher's Clearing House winner had a loud monegasm at her door, when the Prize Patrol arrived.
by cyclam8 February 7, 2009
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Monica

Monica is that one girl that stands out from somebody else in her own way. She never lets anybody pick, cheat or fight with anybody else without a good reason why, especially her family. She might be quiet sometimes but will set fire like a Roman Candle, when needed to! You might think of her as pretty, cute, beautiful, or maybe even hot at sometimes, but she wants to be herself and it's hard for her to do that around certain people.

In summary, When you think of "Monica" think of her as that one thing you needed deep down inside, and never let her go once you found her!
" I love you, Monica!"
by From a Monica November 23, 2016
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St.Monica

The shittiest crap hole excuse for a school, however there is one cool kid in the school, miss bowles, id like to get a minuite in the closet with the bitch mmmm mmmm mmmm yum yum yum basicly all the girls in st.monica are in the back streets and the whore houses
Me: I go to St.Monica
Girl: Oh, You must be poor
by V-masta April 8, 2005
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Monica Anaya

The Most beautiful girl in town. The girl I will marry. She makes me so happy even if I just see her driving down the street.
Dang, you're in a good mood. Musta seen Monica Anaya.
by cheesef0130 October 18, 2011
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Monica

1. Italian: from a feminine form of Monico.
2. Spanish Mónica: from the female personal name Monica, the name of the mother of St. Augustine. She was a Carthaginian, so the name may well be of Phoenician origin. However, in the early Middle Ages, it was taken to be a derivative of Latin monere ‘to warn or advise’, and was associated with the spiritual guidance that she gave to her famous son.
I love Monica
by Meng Li June 26, 2008
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