restrictive

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This is partly due to highly restrictive immigration policy -- hitting labor supply -- while labor demand has also been impacted as tariffs and government job cuts take a toll on industries.

From Barron's

Censorship circumvention helps people in restrictive countries access the open internet.

From Salon

Japanese carmaker Honda urged Brussels to extend the concept to "Made with Common Values", warning that "overly restrictive local content requirements will not necessarily shore up European manufacturing" because of the industry's global nature.

From Barron's

“It’s important that our policy stay at a moderately restrictive posture, because that is a posture that increases the likelihood that we will get inflation back to our 2% target.”

From Barron's

The prospect of Warsh at the helm of the Fed has crypto traders more concerned about the impact of a potentially restrictive monetary regime.

From MarketWatch