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Unwinding quantitative easing would reverse the Fed’s impact on asset and interbank markets, restoring the determination of interbank rates, long-term interest rates, mortgage spreads and equity prices to market forces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

"Unwinding the merger after consummation is highly problematic and disfavored, making divestiture post-consummation significantly more difficult."

From Reuters • May 11, 2023

Unwinding ourselves from our neighbors’ deprivation and refusing to live as enemies of the poor will require us to pay a price.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023

George Packer chronicles American boom and bust in ‘The Unwinding’

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2021

Unwinding the puggaree from the Boer’s hat, he brought one of the ponies close alongside him, and putting out all his strength, lifted him into the saddle.

From With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)