Argentina's monetary base has been growing at more than 2 percent monthly.

The Fed has more than tripled its monetary base over the same period.

The purchases were designed to prevent a contraction in the U.S. monetary base as growth slumped.

The bank will target zero growth in the monetary base from now until June 2019, he said.

These reserves, plus till money and deposits held by these banks, are often known as "the monetary base".

Under Sandleris, the peso has stabilized after the central bank initiated a policy to limit growth in the country's monetary base.

The BOJ will double its monetary base to 270 trillion yen by the end of 2014.

So the ECB will likely end the year having succeeded in expanding the euro zone's monetary base by about 250 billion euros.

Japan's central bank, overhauling its massive stimulus programme, decided to scrap its focus on monetary base and set targets for long-term rates.

Since 1997, the BOJ has expanded Japan's monetary base from 10 percent to 27 percent of GDP.

So the ECB will likely end the year having succeeded in expanding the euro zone's monetary base by 300 billion euros at best.

The main move was to open the money taps wide, pledging to end chronic deflation by doubling the monetary base in two years.

It promises to double the monetary base and to more than double the average maturity of the Japanese government bonds that it purchases.

The Bank of Japan will aim to double the monetary base over two years through the aggressive purchase of long-term bonds, in a(...)

Academic Kikuo Iwata, the expected nominee for deputy governor, prefers expanding Japan's monetary base by boosting purchases of longer-dated government bonds, instead of risky assets.

The BOJ will double its monetary base to 270 trillion yen ($2.80 trillion) by the end of 2014.