counterweight

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“What we don’t know is how much of this preference is meant as a counterweight to incoming Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s presumed dovish bias,” LeBas said.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

For Asia especially, another counterweight to strains from the energy shock has been buoyant exports.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Gregory Daco, chief economist at EY-Parthenon, said he thought Powell would remain, adding that it "would help preserve institutional continuity, anchor the existing communication approach, and provide a stabilizing counterweight during the transition."

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

As a historical counterweight, consider Jonas Salk, the inventor of the polio vaccine, who refused to patent it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

But this was the counterweight, the act of binding and holding.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes