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As well as calling for rate cuts, the president also advocated for quantitative easing, both of which would boost the U.S. dollar at gold’s expense. — David Hodari, WSJ, "Gold Up After Trump Criticizes Fed," 8 Apr. 2019 Oak Park Trustee Deno Andrews, who sits on the personnel committee, says a quantitative and qualitative review of Pavlicek is performed by all trustees and compiled by the committee. — Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com, "Oak Park village manager gets a 4 percent pay increase," 9 Mar. 2018 Still, any remarks on bond-buying—the central bank stopped its quantitative-easing program in December—and the global economy will be closely examined. — David Hodari, WSJ, "U.S. Stocks Mixed as Earnings Season Picks Up," 24 Jan. 2019 Don’t set a quantitative target, set a rate of improvement. — David Roberts, Vox, "Climate change policy can be overwhelming. Here’s a guide to the policies that work.," 30 Nov. 2018 Two kinds of hedge funds, in particular, dragged down the average performance: quantitative funds, which use complex trading algorithms, and long-short funds, which take both bullish and bearish positions in stocks. — James B. Stewart, New York Times, "Hedge Funds Should Be Thriving Right Now. They Aren’t.," 12 July 2018 Testing smoothness, residue, or dry time is often done via quantitative and qualitative work. — Cassie Shortsleeve, Popular Mechanics, "How Scientists at Degree Men Test Antiperspirant," 20 Dec. 2018 China vowed to match U.S. moves, using both quantitative and qualitative measures. — Danielle Paquette, Emily Rauhala, Anchorage Daily News, "Trade war set to escalate as Fed warns of economic hit," 6 July 2018 Complicating matters more, Germany’s influential central bank opposed quantitative easing and previous bond programs that were smaller in scope. — Brian Blackstone, WSJ, "ECB Stimulus’s Mixed Legacy: Economic Success, Political Fiasco," 12 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'quantitative.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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