stimulative
Americanadjective
noun
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What ultimately matters for households and firms are overall financial conditions, and they’re stimulative.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
He urged the BOJ to push interest rates closer to a neutral level that is neither stimulative nor restrictive to the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
“We suspect that the precious metals prices might be signaling recent concerns about an excessively stimulative combination of monetary and fiscal policies in the U.S. next year,” he added.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
The bank has said that the neutral rate for Japan—one that is neither restrictive nor stimulative to the economy—likely lies between 1.0% and 2.5%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
But while the book cannot feel at home in the society of the great, it is nevertheless a very entertaining story, and one vastly stimulative of thought.
From The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature by Frank Parsons
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