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PRONUNCIATION OF CONTRACTIONARY

contractionary  [kənˈtrækʃənərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTRACTIONARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Contractionary is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CONTRACTIONARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

contractionary

Monetary policy

Monetary policy is the process by which the monetary authority of a country controls the supply of money, often targeting a rate of interest for the purpose of promoting economic growth and stability. The official goals usually include relatively stable prices and low unemployment. Monetary economics provides insight into how to craft optimal monetary policy. Monetary policy is referred to as either being expansionary or contractionary, where an expansionary policy increases the total supply of money in the economy more rapidly than usual, and contractionary policy expands the money supply more slowly than usual or even shrinks it. Expansionary policy is traditionally used to try to combat unemployment in a recession by lowering interest rates in the hope that easy credit will entice businesses into expanding. Contractionary policy is intended to slow inflation in order to avoid the resulting distortions and deterioration of asset values. Monetary policy differs from fiscal policy, which refers to taxation, government spending, and associated borrowing.

Definition of contractionary in the English dictionary

The definition of contractionary in the dictionary is involving or constituting economic contraction.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTRACTIONARY


auctionary
ˈɔːkʃənərɪ
cautionary
ˈkɔːʃənərɪ
confectionary
kənˈfɛkʃənərɪ
confectionery
kənˈfɛkʃənərɪ
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ˈdɪkʃənərɪ
discretionary
dɪˈskrɛʃənərɪ
evolutionary
ˌiːvəˈluːʃənərɪ
factionary
ˈfækʃənərɪ
fluxionary
ˈflʌkʃənərɪ
fractionary
ˈfrækʃənərɪ
functionary
ˈfʌŋkʃənərɪ
interjectionary
ˌɪntəˈdʒɛkʃənərɪ
lectionary
ˈlɛkʃənərɪ
missionary
ˈmɪʃənərɪ
precautionary
prɪˈkɔːʃənərɪ
reactionary
rɪˈækʃənərɪ
resurrectionary
ˌrezəˈrekʃənərɪ
revolutionary
ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənərɪ
stationary
ˈsteɪʃənərɪ
stationery
ˈsteɪʃənərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTRACTIONARY

contract work
contractability
contractable
contractedly
contractedness
contractibility
contractible
contractibly
contractile
contractility
contracting party
contraction
contractional
contractive
contractively
contractor
contractual
contractually
contractural
contracture

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTRACTIONARY

accretionary
cardiopulmonary
coevolutionary
coronary
counter-revolutionary
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deflationary
diversionary
exclusionary
expeditionary
geostationary
illusionary
inflationary
nonstationary
ordinary
post-Revolutionary
probationary
pulmonary
reversionary
revisionary
visionary

Synonyms and antonyms of contractionary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «contractionary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTRACTIONARY

Find out the translation of contractionary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of contractionary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «contractionary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

紧缩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contractiva
570 millions of speakers

English

contractionary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संकुचनकारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انكماشية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сдерживающая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contracionista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সংকোচনমূলক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contraction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penguncupan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kontraktiven
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

収縮の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

긴축
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kontraksi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hẹp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எதிர்மறையானது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आकुंचन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

daraltıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contrazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

restrykcyjna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стримуюча
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

contrac
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συσταλτική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beperkende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kontraktiv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kontraktiv
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTRACTIONARY»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTRACTIONARY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about contractionary

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTRACTIONARY»

Discover the use of contractionary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contractionary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Structuralism and Individualism in Economic Analysis: The ...
This chapter uses the insights of the previous chapters to examine the contractionary devaluation debate (CDD). First, I provide a brief history of the debate. Then I analyze the Neoliberal and New Structuralist perspectives in the CDD in detail.
S. Charusheela, 2013
2
Economic Environment of Business
Fiscal policy aims at reducing the price fluctuations, and maintaining stable price level by containing inflationary and deflationary tendencies in the economy. 5.3 TYPES OF FISCAL POLICY: CONTRACTIONARY OR EXPANSIONARY The ...
Pailwar
3
Managerial Economics 2Nd Ed.
Any government policy that is aimed at reducing aggregate output (income) is said to be contractionary. Where expansionary policy is used to boost the economy, contractionary policy is used to slow down the economy. Considering that one ...
Yogesh Maheshwari, 2005
4
Too Sensational: On the Choice of Exchange Rate Regimes
Can a devaluation or depreciation be contractionary, and if so, does this present a special problem? In the simple theory presented in chapter 6 a depreciation or devaluation is expansionary. After a crisis resulting from a negative shock ...
Warner Max Corden, 2002
5
International Financial Issues in the Pacific Rim: Global ...
Must appreciations be contractionary and depreciations expansionary? For a long time, at least since Hirschman (1949), economists have realized that appreciations are not necessarily contractionary, nor are depreciations necessarily ...
Takatoshi Ito, Andrew K. Rose, 2008
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Handbook of Monetary Economics, Volume 3B
The dominant reason appears to be that devaluations are indeed contractionary. 3.4.2 Empirical studies Edwards (1986) and Acar (2000) found that devaluation in developing countries is contractionary in the first year, but then expansionary ...
Benjamin M. Friedman, Michael Woodford, 2010
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Macroeconomics Global Economy:
Lack of supply responsiveness to devaluation is not enough to make a devaluation contractionary. however. In addition. the structuralists point to the contractionary demand-side effects of devaluation.“ A first channel of demand contraction is ...
Jeffrey Sachs, Felipe Larraín B., 1993
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Macroeconomics the Easy Way
Contractionary policies are designed to slow down the economy. Contractionary policies seek to reduce inflation and cool down the economy. The basic goals of macroeconomic policies are to produce real growth and employment. Part of this  ...
George E. Kroon, 2006
9
Macroeconomics
24-11b The Budget Deficit and Contractionary Fiscal Policy If expansionary fiscal policy raises Real GDP more in a closed economy than in an open economy, what are the effects of contractionary fiscal policy in the two types of economies?
Roger A. Arnold, 2013
10
Takeover Activity, Valuation Estimates and Merger Gains: ...
Contractionary waves In the previous subsection, I separate waves preceded by contractionary shocks from all others. In untabulated tests, I examine whether more can be learned from using such a separation in the other tests. For example  ...
B. Espen Eckbo, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTRACTIONARY»

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BBC Propaganda War v. Greece Reaches New Low After "No" Vote
Ireland's experience … clearly shows how policies geared to fiscal consolidation do not necessarily entail contractionary effects on real ... «The Real News Network, Jul 15»
2
Greece creditors will gain nothing from toppling Europe-lover Yanis …
... whole of southern Europe from 'fiscal waterboarding' and smash the 1930s contractionary regime of Wolfgang Schauble's monetary union for ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Building work shrinks despite interest rate cuts
The index has now been below 50 since a strong one-off bounce in March lifted the reading to 50.1, and has been in contractionary territory in ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
4
The Euro Always Was Doomed And We Were Told This 40 Years Ago
In fact, the fiscal transfers would be of such immense size that they would be severely contractionary on the economies of the richer countries. «Forbes, Jul 15»
5
Hotchkis & Wiley: The Bear Case For High Yield
A typical business cycle comprises an expansionary period followed by a contractionary period. Specific to credit markets, expansionary ... «ValueWalk, Jul 15»
6
Manufacturing data for May expected to show modest rise in output
... to 50.8 in May from 45.4‚ but the business activity sub-index‚ which indicates production levels‚ remained in contractionary territory at 49.6. «BDlive, Jul 15»
7
HSBC indicator for China services activity slows in June
It was the fourth successive month that the figure was in contractionary territory. Official PMI covers large enterprises as well as small- and ... «WantChinaTimes, Jul 15»
8
Why Stock Market Losers Anglo American plc, Royal Dutch Shell Plc …
The reading has lingered around the expansionary/contractionary touchstone of 50 throughout the course of 2015, raising concerns over how ... «Yahoo Finance UK, Jul 15»
9
Greek crisis: It's the Politics, Stupid!
Their short run contractionary effects reinforce each other and may be self-defeating, leading to no improvement in productivity or in public ... «The Corner Economic, Jul 15»
10
Iron ore seeing biggest one-day fall
Data earlier this week shows China's steel making activity plunging further into contractionary territory, with June steel industry PMI down to 37 ... «Sky News Australia, Jul 15»

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