expansionary
adjective
ex·pan·sion·ary
ik-ˈspan(t)-shə-ˌner-ē 
: tending toward expansion
an expansionary economy
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And now 51 out of 54 readings since June 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic have been expansionary.
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 8 Dec. 2024
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) made huge permanent cuts to corporate and business taxes while making temporary cuts to individual taxes to limit the bill’s expansionary effects on the deficit, which stands now at more than $36 trillion.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
Trump is planning both expansionary and protectionist fiscal policy, even more so than during his previous run, that will include an even tougher round of tariffs, lower taxes and big spending.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
Analysts’ forecasts had put the manufacturing PMI at just above 50, or still in expansionary territory after the economy grew at a quicker than forecast annual pace of 5.3% in the first quarter of the year.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 8 Dec. 2024
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) made huge permanent cuts to corporate and business taxes while making temporary cuts to individual taxes to limit the bill’s expansionary effects on the deficit, which stands now at more than $36 trillion.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
Trump is planning both expansionary and protectionist fiscal policy, even more so than during his previous run, that will include an even tougher round of tariffs, lower taxes and big spending.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
Analysts’ forecasts had put the manufacturing PMI at just above 50, or still in expansionary territory after the economy grew at a quicker than forecast annual pace of 5.3% in the first quarter of the year.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024
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“Expansionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expansionary. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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