Civic term
Monetary Policy
What it means
A central bank's management of money and credit conditions to influence employment and prices. The Federal Reserve pursues a statutory dual mandate of maximum employment and stable prices, mainly by setting a target range for the federal funds rate.
Definition drawn from federalreserve.gov · last verified 2026-08-18
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How it's being covered
1,038 stories in Sift's index, from 43 outlets.
Filed 2024-06-06 — 2026-09-27.
Counts stories whose headline or summary uses the term, plus stories where Sift's own reading notes flagged it — many pieces turn on a term they never spell out in the headline.
Across the spectrum
- Left99 stories
- Center783 stories
- Right49 stories
Positions are AllSides' published ratings, shown for the outlets that filed these stories. 107 stories are counted in the total above but not placed here — either the outlet has no published rating, or Sift has not yet matched the name it files under to a dossier.
Who's covering it
- Bloomberg NewsCenter 546
- CNBCCenter 101
- Financial TimesCenter 61
- Yahoo Finance53
- CBS NewsLean Left 37
- The HillCenter 35
- The New York TimesLean Left 24
- Washington ExaminerLean Right 20
- AxiosCenter 17
- PBS NewsHourCenter 12
- Japan Times10
- The EconomistLean Left 10
- New York PostRight 8
- MarketWatch7
- NPRCenter 7
- Quartz7
- Fox NewsLean Right 6
- ABC NewsLean Left 5
- Fortune5
- South China Morning Post5
- ABC Australia4
- Business InsiderLean Left 4
- National ReviewRight 4
- The Daily CallerRight 4
- The Daily WireRight 4
- The GuardianLean Left 4
- The Washington PostLean Left 4
- Times of India4
- Al JazeeraLean Left 3
- BBC NewsCenter 3
- PoliticoLean Left 3
- RealClearPolitics3
- SlateLeft 3
- The Dispatch3
- Decrypt2
- ReasonLean Right 2
- The Conversation2
- ForbesCenter 1
- Foreign Policy1
- Hacker News1
- The AtlanticLean Left 1
- The Washington TimesLean Right 1
- VoxLeft 1
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