Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Acting counter to an economic cycle.
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- adjective economics Moving in the opposite direction as the overall state of an economy
- adjective public policy Dampening the cyclical fluctuations of an economy.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thank you Norm for lowering yourself to our level long enough to explain "what we call countercyclical policy."
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In particular, Norm Ornstein has a piece in today's WaPo that presents the classic liberal position against requiring the federal government to balance its budget: A sagging economy requires what we call countercyclical policy, stimulus to counter a downturn and provide a boost….
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DTM: I agree – I think that making our capital requirements countercyclical is super important and a low cost way to do a lot of good.
Matthew Yglesias » Regulating Leverage is More Important than Regulating Bubbles 2010
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I agree, not just for the knee-jerk, visceral reactions it might incite from people who don't like typical "stimulus" policies, but because it's somewhat inaccurate and pretty insufficient in describing short-term countercyclical fiscal policy even among economists who support such policies.
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I agree, not just for the knee-jerk, visceral reactions it might incite from people who don't like typical "stimulus" policies, but because it's somewhat inaccurate and pretty insufficient in describing short-term countercyclical fiscal policy even among economists who support such policies.
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I agree, not just for the knee-jerk, visceral reactions it might incite from people who don't like typical "stimulus" policies, but because it's somewhat inaccurate and pretty insufficient in describing short-term countercyclical fiscal policy even among economists who support such policies.
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The government has undertaken renewed efforts to establish a stable macroeconomic environment in the nation through the implementation of short-term countercyclical policies, while establishing conditions for robust, sustainable growth.
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And if you make them countercyclical, that is even better.
Matthew Yglesias » Regulating Leverage is More Important than Regulating Bubbles 2010
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Negotiators left to the discretion of national regulators the issue of how and whether to implement a so-called countercyclical capital buffer.
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Under its proposed new regulatory framework, the FSA would impose so-called countercyclical capital requirements, which rise during good times and fall during downturns so that banks don't have to cut back on lending precisely when the economy needs them the most.
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