monetary policy
货币政策也就是金融政策，是指中国人民银行为实现其特定的经济目标而采用的各种控制和调节货币供应量和信用量的方针、政策和措施的总称。货币政策的实质是国家对货币的供应根据不同时期的经济发展情况而采取“紧”、“松”或“适度”等不同的政策趋向。
基本信息
- 中文名
货币政策
- 外文名
monetary policy
- 颁布者
中央银行
- 调节对象
货币供应量、利率
- 分类
扩张性货币政策、紧缩性货币政策
- 实质
国家对货币的供应根据不同时期的经济发展情况而采取不同的政策趋向
- 别称
金融政策
Monetary policy
The use by government of changes in the supply of money and interest rates to achieve desired economic policy objectives. They aim therefore to influence the level of economic activity. The government may want to use their monetary policy to either boost economic activity (if the economy is in a recession) or perhaps to reduce economic activity (if the economy is growing too fast, causing inflation). If they want to slow down the economy they may use contractionary (or deflationary) monetary policy. This is likely to mean:
1...increasing the level of interest rates
2...reducing the rate of growth of the money supply
On the other hand if they want to boost the economy because it is in a downturn, they may choose to use expansionary (or reflationary) monetary policy. This would mean:
1...reducing the level of interest rates
2...allowing the rate of growth of the money supply to increase