policymaking

[pah-luh-see-mayk-ing]

noun

1. the process of developing policy, especially in government.

adjective

1. relating to the process of developing policy, especially in government.

Example Sentences

Beijing’s methodical approach to dominating the industry—it now produces around 90% of global refined supply—reflects China’s ability to use state control over the economy to achieve goals that often elude the U.S., where policymaking is more erratic.

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Involution will be top of mind over the coming week at a major policymaking meeting of China’s leaders, who face a high-stakes balancing act as they discuss the country’s next five-year plan.

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The question is who stands to gain most from the tax policymaking in Washington — corporations, their shareholders and their executives, most of whom don’t have to worry about whether cutting off Obamacare subsidies will leave them unable to afford healthcare, or the millions of Americans for whom the subsidies can often spell the difference between life and death?

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The BOT is saving what little ammunition it has left for what lies ahead, in what Piti described as a “Swiss Army knife approach” to policymaking.

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The Atlanta Fed president projected just one interest rate cut for the year when most of his colleagues on the Fed’s policymaking committee anticipated three.

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