hold back

Example Sentences

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Further rate cuts are possible, but the central bank said it won’t move quickly to reach a neutral level, where borrowing costs are neither stimulating nor holding back the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal

The governor has also identified an unusually high rate of savings as holding back the economy, driven by a lack of consumer confidence among older savers in particular.

From BBC

Some expect companies that have held back on tariff-related cost increases to pass more of those costs through to buyers via annual price increases taking effect in January.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the three rate cuts this year have put the central bank’s benchmark interest rate closer to “neutral,” meaning it is neither boosting nor holding back the economy.

From MarketWatch

“We’re not holding back a video that we think would be useful.”

From The Wall Street Journal