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hawkishness

American  
[hawk-ish-nis] / ˈhɔk ɪʃ nɪs /

noun

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


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Turner doesn’t see that happening until “much later in the year, once current Fed hawkishness has run its course.”

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

The data turns Shin’s hawkishness from an interpretive risk into a policy path.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

But Takaichi's hawkishness on defence worries Haruka, a voter in her 30s.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

“In China, there is mounting domestic pressure, and some people want to resort to nationalism, to hawkishness, to seek an outcome that deals with that pressure,” said Shen Dingli, a Shanghai-based international relations scholar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

While bond yields - which move inversely to prices - appeared to be topping out earlier this year, renewed hawkishness from central banks has sent them soaring again in recent weeks.

From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2023

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