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stimulus

[stim-yuh-luhs] / ˈstɪm yə ləs /


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With global yields rising, making debt costlier, Georgieva said adding deficit-financed stimulus would increase the burden on central bankers and potentially amplify the problem.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Layered on top of this is what bank executives see and feel directly: real stimulus spending and investment vis-à-vis artificial intelligence and other new technology solutions.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

That came as a fiscal stimulus of more than $1 trillion pledged last year by Germany’s government for defense and infrastructure investments started to seep through into industrial orders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

In 2022, household consumption was lifted by multiple tailwinds, including job growth coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic, vestiges of government stimulus in response to the pandemic-related downturn, and strong household balance sheets.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

How are we supposed to visualize “a stimulus,” “poststimulus events,” and “the way in which a stimulus is ultimately perceived”? And what does any of this have to do with rabbits?

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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