fiat money
Example Sentences
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In a fiat money economy, the mere fact of making a loan creates the money needed.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
"No. You can use fiat money to do something good or something bad," he says.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
Maybe they believe they're skeptical about fiat money and the Federal Reserve, so they've gone all in on crypto and could wind up in a bad place there.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2023
The pound volumes echoed similar instances of investors jumping into bitcoin when fiat money came under pressure, including in Russia and Ukraine this year.
From Reuters ● Oct. 25, 2022
The greenback movement of Ohio and the eastern part of the Middle West grew into the fiat money, free silver, and land bank propositions of the Populists across the Mississippi.
From The Frontier in American History by Frederick Jackson Turner
