hawkishness

[hawk-ish-nis]

noun

1. the quality of being hawkish, or of favoring hard-line or aggressive positions in politics or economics.

Example Sentences

But his hawkishness was seen as a liability to some officials at the White House, according to the people familiar with the dynamics.

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The decision to target pensioners' winter fuel payments on welfare recipients was an attempt to show her fiscal hawkishness, and her ability to take tough decisions.

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The evangelical Christian social conservatism that dominates Iowa’s Republican politics is out, replaced by fiscal hawkishness and a libertarian streak rooted in the Granite State’s “Live Free or Die” ethos.

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Treasury yields , which also bounced on Friday and were propped further by both Federal Reserve hawkishness and unexpected housing starts data from last month.

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But judging by the increasing confidence of bond bulls, the assumption is that Fed hawkishness is just a rearguard action from here on in and more days like these lie ahead.

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