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Perhaps most worrisome to investors was his suggestion that another tool it had been deploying to remove stimulus from the economy — the shrinking of its giant portfolio of bonds — would continue on “autopilot.”

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2019

A government source said the chancellor had been deploying quiet diplomacy in contacting his US counterpart amid claims that some US politicians were trying to undermine London's position as a financial centre.

From The Guardian • Aug. 10, 2012