expansionary

American  

[ik-span-shuh-ner-ee] / ɪkˈspæn ʃəˌnɛr i /

adjective

1. tending toward expansion.

   an expansionary economy.

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Etymology

Origin of expansionary

First recorded in 1935–40; expansion + -ary

Example Sentences

Increases in new orders and output pushed the headline figure to 52.1 from 50.3, indicating a clear expansionary trend, said Yao Yu, RatingDog’s founder.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We do not expect a huge improvement in the PMIs from the January print with services still expected to remain in expansionary territory and the manufacturing one in contractionary, albeit only marginally,” Nicola Nobile, chief Italy economist at Oxford Economics said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal

Heading into Sunday’s vote, investors had worried that Takaichi’s tax-and-spending vows made during the campaign, and aligned to her support for expansionary policies in the world’s third-largest economy, would trigger higher government bond yields and a weaker Japanese yen.

From Barron's

“The landslide victory will reinforce her responsible but expansionary fiscal spending and a more Japan-focused foreign policy,” ING’s Min Joo Kang said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal

One of his expansionary bets was on private-equity firms, such as Apollo, which ended up being huge consumers of legal services for their prolific dealmaking.

From The Wall Street Journal