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austerity

[aw-ster-i-tee] / ɔˈstɛr ɪ ti /




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Unlike France and Italy, it has the option of using its interest rate and exchange rate policy to boost demand as an offset to fiscal austerity.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Touring companies and venues have faced increased costs and decreased income, while existing challenges have been "accelerated and exacerbated by the pandemic and funding austerity", it said.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

What bankers appear to be calling for is not stimulus or austerity but balance.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Leaving the refuge, the vibrant color palette and moisture give way to muted browns and the returning austerity of desert air.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

From the austerity and tranquility of her medieval world, the penetrating gaze of this legendary Sybil of a holy nun would exorcise the horrors which materialize before our eves in the name of television.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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