monetarism

(mŏnˈĭ-tə-rĭzˌəm, mŭnˈ-)

1. A theory holding that economic variations within a given system, such as changing rates of inflation, are most often caused by increases or decreases in the money supply.
2. A policy that seeks to regulate an economy by altering the domestic money supply, especially by increasing it in a moderate but steady manner.

Related Forms:

• monˈe·ta·rist adjective & n.