macroprudential
adjective
macroprudential is an adjective meaning “Relating to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-A-C-R-O-P-R-U-D-E-N-T-I-A-L, and it appears about once in every 30 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does macroprudential mean?
adjective
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Relating to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
The thesis is that to improve further the lines of defence against financial instability we should strengthen the macroprudential orientation of the regulatory and supervisory framework.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is macroprudential?
Macroprudential appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Macroprudential in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense prudential on a system scale:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | macroprudentiel |
| German | makroprudenziell, makroprudentiell |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does macroprudential come from?
From macro- + prudential.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).