Definitions
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- adjective Tending to cause contraction.
- adjective economics Tending to
reduce the size of themoney supply .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And while Washington's budget can hardly be called contractionary, the pols have reduced federal aid to states and local governments enough to force them to cut spending and lay off thousands of workers, since the law requires that they run balanced budgets.
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"The point of giving these crisis loans is to help countries avert those kind of contractionary policies, not to demand them as a condition on the loans," according to Weissman.
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Britain's economy has worst slump for 90 years economy performed marginally better than expected in the third quarter, according to official statistics published yesterday, but the revised figures still confounded ESRI REPORT: �ESRI says cumulative value of adjustments is Euro13bn THE RECENT Budget was not the most "contractionary" in modern
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The British pound is steady as the January construction PMI rose to 48.6 but still remained in 'contractionary' territory.
FXstreet.com 2010
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Britain's economy has worst slump for 90 years economy performed marginally better than expected in the third quarter, according to official statistics published yesterday, but the revised figures still confounded ESRI REPORT: �ESRI says cumulative value of adjustments is Euro13bn THE RECENT Budget was not the most "contractionary" in modern
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Britain's economy has worst slump for 90 years economy performed marginally better than expected in the third quarter, according to official statistics published yesterday, but the revised figures still confounded ESRI REPORT: �ESRI says cumulative value of adjustments is Euro13bn THE RECENT Budget was not the most "contractionary" in modern
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The British pound is steady as the January construction PMI rose to 48.6 but still remained in 'contractionary' territory.
FXstreet.com 2010
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Britain's economy has worst slump for 90 years economy performed marginally better than expected in the third quarter, according to official statistics published yesterday, but the revised figures still confounded ESRI REPORT: �ESRI says cumulative value of adjustments is Euro13bn THE RECENT Budget was not the most "contractionary" in modern
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The British pound is steady as the January construction PMI rose to 48.6 but still remained in 'contractionary' territory.
FXstreet.com 2010
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Recessions are "contractionary" periods, that force us to get more conscious about money and our spending, get rid of waste and conserve our resources where most needed.
Business Know-How Newsletter. Ideas to market and manage small businesses. 2008
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The right set of disinflationary policies, those aimed at reducing inflation, depends on the causes of inflation. If the economy has overheated, central banks—if they are committed to ensuring price stability—can implement contractionary policies that rein in aggregate demand, usually by raising interest rates.
Inflation: Prices on the Rise Ceyda Oner is a deputy division chief in the IMF’s Finance Department. 2019
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