How to Use countercyclical in a Sentence

countercyclical

adjective

• Some vices are even thought to be countercyclical, rising when economy takes a nosedive.
  — Caitlin Hu, CNN, 24 May 2020
• Finally, in times of stress, a CBDC might be considered as a safe refuge which would also lead to a countercyclical reduction in deposits of banks.
  — Jason Brett, Forbes, 25 June 2022
• Again, cyclical rather than countercyclical behavior and there were losses—but the industry’s and consumers, not the government.
  — Michael Lynch, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
• And given how modest countercyclical support has been so far, next quarter will almost certainly be worse.
  — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2021
• Makers of consumer staple like General Mills tend to be countercyclical to the broader economy.
  — Kristen Leigh Painter, Star Tribune, 23 Sep. 2020
• The countercyclical factor—the calculation of which remains a mystery to market participants—gives the central bank a heavier hand in setting the daily fixing.
  — Rebecca Feng, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2022
• General Mills is a part of the consumer staples segment that tends to be countercyclical to the broader economy, thriving during recessions and crises when consumers focus on basic needs.
  — Kristen Leigh Painter, Star Tribune, 17 Dec. 2020
• The program is countercyclical, which means enrollment is expected to increase during bad times and then decrease again once the economy recovers, so the one-time funding increase is necessary.
  — Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2020
• In Mexico, for instance, one group of farmers supplements its corn income with countercyclical honey and coffee harvests.
  — Raj Patel, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2021
• The announcement was accompanied by a package of measures including a new lending scheme and the reduction of the countercyclical capital buffer for commercial banks to 0%.
  — Lorcan Roche Kelly, Bloomberg.com, 29 Apr. 2020
• The countercyclical risk reduction inherent in GE’s mega-growth ignored the fact that shareholders could better diversify risk in their own portfolio of holdings.
  — Fortune, 12 Nov. 2021
• The Fed held off on making some changes to the stress tests envisioned by Mr. Quarles, such as incorporating a dormant policy tool to combat credit crunches in a downturn known as the countercyclical capital buffer.
  — Andrew Ackerman, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2020
• The council, led by central bank Governor Lars Rohde, said in December that banks should begin building up a countercyclical buffer amid persistent worries about runaway house prices in urban areas.
  — Frances Schwartzkopff, Bloomberg.com, 2 Feb. 2018
• What Keynes instead showed is that capitalist crisis does not resolve itself; only activist countercyclical policy will do that.
  — New York Times, 24 Feb. 2017
• Germany in particular has come under fire for refusing to open the fiscal spigots in a bout of countercyclical spending, despite its unique ability to borrow out to thirty years at negative interest rates.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2019
• The stimulus measures Wall Street is cheering on now are more like traditional countercyclical policy on steroids than post-Keynesian policy.
  — Daniel Tenreiro, National Review, 11 Dec. 2020
• WeWork has entered into revenue-sharing leases with some landlords, which can offer countercyclical relief.
  — The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019
• For instance, it is commonly believed that a company’s sector is the main driver of how badly they will be hurt by an economic downturn—countercyclical industries will still have opportunities, while cyclical ones will be in for uniform pain.
  — Tom Deegan, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2021
• These two job categories have experienced much volatility during the pandemic, running countercyclical with expectations for the progression of the virus.
  — Robert H. Brown, Forbes, 18 May 2021
• Publishing rights are also considered a countercyclical investment, holding their value if prices for assets like equities and real estate fall.
  — Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2020
• Ordinarily, higher education is countercyclical, so its outlook doesn't necessarily move in the same direction as the rest of the economy during a downtown.
  — Christina Capatides, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2020
• Whether overconfidence or hardheaded realism are responsible for the tepid countercyclical response, the likely result is the same: an extended period of subpar Chinese growth, beginning with a steep downturn this quarter.
  — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 17 May 2022
• Unlike economically more-influential nations, the flexibility of a small nation’s countercyclical monetary policy should not be a factor in making the decision to go passive.
  — Max Raskin, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2018
• And student accommodation has a valuable countercyclical quality.
  — The Economist, 10 May 2018

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024