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Money Market - Concept, Meaning, Definitions and Functions

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square Definitions of Money Market

Following definitions will help us to understand the concept of money market.

According to Crowther, "The money market is a name given to the various firms and institutions that deal in the various grades of near money."



These definitions help us to identify the basic characteristics of a money market. A money market comprises of a well organized banking system. Various financial instruments are used for transactions in a money market. There is perfect mobility of funds in a money market. The transactions in a money market are of short term nature.

square Functions of Money Market

Money market is an important part of the economy. It plays very significant functions. As mentioned above it is basically a market for short term monetary transactions. Thus it has to provide facility for adjusting liquidity to the banks, business corporations, non-banking financial institutions (NBFs) and other financial institutions along with investors.

The major functions of money market are given below:

  1. To maintain monetary equilibrium. It means to keep a balance between the demand for and supply of money for short term monetary transactions.
  2. To promote economic growth. Money market can do this by making funds available to various units in the economy such as agriculture, small scale industries, etc.
  3. To provide help to Trade and Industry. Money market provides adequate finance to trade and industry. Similarly it also provides facility of discounting bills of exchange for trade and industry.
  4. To help in implementing Monetary Policy. It provides a mechanism for an effective implementation of the monetary policy.
  5. To help in Capital Formation. Money market makes available investment avenues for short term period. It helps in generating savings and investments in the economy.
  6. Money market provides non-inflationary sources of finance to government. It is possible by issuing treasury bills in order to raise short loans. However this dose not leads to increases in the prices.

Apart from those, money market is an arrangement which accommodates banks and financial institutions dealing in short term monetary activities such as the demand for and supply of money.

square Articles on Indian Money Market ↓

Read following articles on Indian money market:

  1. Structure and Components of Indian Money Market - Chart.
  2. Indian Money Market - Features, Drawbacks and Recent Reforms.


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  2. tushita said...

    Could you elaborate how does it help in managing monetary policy? (point no. 4)

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  3. Gaurav Akrani said...

    @ Tushita,

    Monetary means something related to money.

    Policy is a set of various principles, rules or guidelines, which are first formulated and later adopted by government (or any other organization) mainly to achieve its declared long-term or short-term objectives.

    Monetary policy is a process by which the apex financial authority of a nation controls the demand and supply of money in the money market of that nation.

    In case of India, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) administer its money market.

    The main objectives of a monetary policy:

    1. To stabilize price during inflation,

    2. To stabilize banks' interest rates,

    3. To distribute banks' finance to needy borrowers (i.e. individuals, companies, farmers, professionals, etc.)

    4. To eliminate rigidity encountered in various operations of financial systems, etc.

    I hope this helps you.

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