stimulus
Example Sentences
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They’re the motivational equivalent of a fiscal stimulus that raises confidence but never moves real gross domestic product.
On Sunday, China’s Ministry of Finance announced that the government would increase spending to boost consumer demand—a promise of fiscal stimulus to come.
From Barron's
The rise reflected concerns about prospects of high levels of German bond issuance next year as the country implements plans for sizeable fiscal stimulus, and continuing uncertainties over France’s budget.
European stocks, propelled upward by German stimulus plans, soared 36% in dollar terms including dividends, almost double the S&P’s 19%.
Three years earlier, a University of Toronto team identified the neurons that lit up when a mouse was exposed to a scary stimulus — in this case, a sound that earlier accompanied a shock.
From Los Angeles Times
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