expansionary
adjective
ex·pan·sion·ary
ik-ˈspan(t)-shə-ˌner-ē 
: tending toward expansion
an expansionary economy
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The main culprit of inflation was the Federal Reserve’s expansionary monetary policy, but after the Fed jacked up interest rates in 2022, inflation has come down and is near its 2 percent long-run target.
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Thomas L. Hogan, National Review, 16 Feb. 2024
To Srivastava, the Robbinsville temple represents one more outpost of an expansionary organization whose spread is powered by a complicated mixture of politics, economics, class, history, and practical spirituality.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Nov. 2023
Russia’s leader has tried to keep the daily lives of Russians insulated from the worst impacts of his expansionary campaign in order to minimize risks to political stability.
—Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2023
When inflation is increasing, however, then the Fed no longer has as much freedom to implement expansionary monetary policy, and when the Fed contracts its expansionary policies, this can decrease stock prices.
—Molly Nagle, ABC News, 14 Nov. 2021
The unpredictable outbreak of the pandemic has had significant implications to the global economy and the expansionary fiscal/monetary policies in 2020 and beyond to address rapidly shrinking economic activities.
—Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2023
The surge in the money supply as a result of expansionary monetary policy from the Fed and a boatload of government spending led to 500 basis points of interest-rate hikes to try to sop it up.
—The Editors, National Review, 14 July 2023
In 2021, sixty banks worldwide poured $185.5 billion into the 100 most expansionary fossil-fuel companies.
—Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 15 Feb. 2023
Britain sent ships that charted coastlines, while Russia claimed Alaska and built commercial outposts along its shores (Russia’s colonialism was economic, not expansionary; full settlements never emerged, easing its ultimate sale).
—David James, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2023
Thomas L. Hogan, National Review, 16 Feb. 2024
To Srivastava, the Robbinsville temple represents one more outpost of an expansionary organization whose spread is powered by a complicated mixture of politics, economics, class, history, and practical spirituality.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Nov. 2023
Russia’s leader has tried to keep the daily lives of Russians insulated from the worst impacts of his expansionary campaign in order to minimize risks to political stability.
—Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2023
When inflation is increasing, however, then the Fed no longer has as much freedom to implement expansionary monetary policy, and when the Fed contracts its expansionary policies, this can decrease stock prices.
—Molly Nagle, ABC News, 14 Nov. 2021
The unpredictable outbreak of the pandemic has had significant implications to the global economy and the expansionary fiscal/monetary policies in 2020 and beyond to address rapidly shrinking economic activities.
—Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2023
The surge in the money supply as a result of expansionary monetary policy from the Fed and a boatload of government spending led to 500 basis points of interest-rate hikes to try to sop it up.
—The Editors, National Review, 14 July 2023
In 2021, sixty banks worldwide poured $185.5 billion into the 100 most expansionary fossil-fuel companies.
—Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 15 Feb. 2023
Britain sent ships that charted coastlines, while Russia claimed Alaska and built commercial outposts along its shores (Russia’s colonialism was economic, not expansionary; full settlements never emerged, easing its ultimate sale).
—David James, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2023
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“Expansionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expansionary. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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