jolt

The labor market is unlikely to stage a comeback until the trade wars fade away and interest rates further decline to give the economy a jolt of adrenaline.

But last week's warning from the US central bank that another reduction in December was not a foregone conclusion jolted sentiment.

At first, the odds of a Mamdani victory seemed remote, but his surprising Democratic-primary win in June jolted the finance industry into action.

The jolt of morale handed to the opposition on Oct.

The market was then jolted by new U.S. sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies.