| central bank 
 
 a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government
 • Hypernyms:
 financial institution, financial organization, financial organisation
 • Hyponyms:
 European Central Bank, Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve, Fed, FRS,
 Bank of England, Bundesbank, Bank of Japan
 
 
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