dovish
Americanadjective
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(especially of a person in public office) advocating peace, compromise, or a conciliatory national attitude.
Mr. Weizman made his name as one of Israel's most celebrated fighting men, yet he worked to transform himself into a dovish politician.
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Economics. advocating low interest rates or other monetary policies aimed at reducing unemployment rather than inflation.
With the jobless rate in double digits, the same dovish remarks can be expected from other Federal Reserve officials.
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like or resembling a dove or any of the bird’s typical features or behaviors.
The sofa fabric is a soft dovish gray.
Other Word Forms
- dovishness noun
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“I think there’s going to be dovish data this month, because the tariffs were overturned and we know the trend in CPI has been soft and we have concerns about the job market,” he said.
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The yen softened after Prime Minister Takaichi’s Bank of Japan board picks suggested a more dovish leaning for the central bank, though the overall board mix is likely to stay much the same.
TOKYO—Japan’s government has nominated candidates for two positions at the central bank, a move that could be viewed as a chance to influence monetary policy in a more dovish direction.
As a result, markets’ expectations of central banks’ rate paths have turned dovish and are increasingly diverging from resilient macro fundamentals and central bank rhetoric, the French bank’s head of rates strategy says.
He still remains among the most "dovish" Fed officials, meaning one who tends to favor lower interest rates to boost the economy rather than higher levels to fight inflation.
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