👉 In economics, a monetarist is an economist who believes in the principle of monetary freedom and that all individuals should be able to save money as they see fit without interference from government or other institutions. They believe that the price level of goods and services should naturally adjust to meet consumer demand, and that this leads to inflation and deflation. Monetarists argue that the central bank can control the money supply through monetary policy, which is a process of adjusting interest rates and other monetary variables in