Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reserve ratio

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables: re-serve ra-tio
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a percentage of the bank's total deposits, kept to ensure that the bank is able to pay an unusually high number of withdrawals on demand accounts should that event occur.

Example Sentences

"The required reserve ratio is sometimes used as a tool in monetary policy, influencing the country's borrowing and interest rates by changing the amount of funds available for banks to make loans with."

Synonyms

cash reserve ratio required reserve ratio

Questions

What does reserve ratio mean?: a percentage of the bank's total deposits, kept to ensure that the bank is able to pay an unusually high number of withdrawals on demand accounts should that event occur.

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