benign

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These are often benign but can lead to anxiety and unnecessary additional tests.

From The Wall Street Journal

Over the last two weeks, Powell’s colleagues have amplified the message that the era of benign rate cuts—reductions the Fed could justify simply as unwinding its prior tightening—is over.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The initial shock has so far still been smaller," she said, while adding the backdrop now was more "benign".

From Barron's

The outlook for the coming months is a lot less benign, however.

From Barron's

“The macroeconomic backdrop today is more benign,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal