austerity
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What bankers appear to be calling for is not stimulus or austerity but balance.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday announced an austerity plan designed to save fuel, including slashing the working week for government employees to four days and shutting schools.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
He has implemented major austerity measures — including more than 1,000 layoffs last year — to shore up a gaping budget deficit.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
With more dollars available, lenders could expand loans and export credit, boosting growth and easing some of the pain from the government’s austerity measures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
McCandless was stirred by the austerity of this landscape, by its saline beauty.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing austerity
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