austerity policy

collocation in English

meaningsofausterityandpolicy

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austerity
noun
uk
/ɔːˈster.ə.ti/us
/ˈɑː.ster.ə.t̬i/
the condition of living without unnecessary things and without comfort, with limited money or goods, or a practice, habit, or experience that is typical ...
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policy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɒl.ə.si/us
/ˈpɑː.lə.si/
a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed to officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government, or a ...
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(Definition ofausterityandpolicyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They had fiercely opposed theausteritypolicyand tried to depict it as unfair and a clamp-down against the weakest in society.
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We need measures to prevent a counterproductiveausteritypolicy, not punitive measures.
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I believe that this is not anausteritypolicyat all.
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We must acknowledge that theausteritypolicythat has been practiced so far has not been successful anywhere.
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Faced with serious and worsening economic problems, the government had to adopt an unpopularausteritypolicy.
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This is indicative of prudent fiscal, monetary and otherausteritypolicymeasures that characterised his presidency to put the economy in healthy shape.
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This is something which goes well beyond figures and technicalities and even support for national austerity policies.
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Let us not forget that beyond these statistics, we are dealing with ordinary citizens whose standard of living is being increasingly affected by austerity policies and excessive taxation.
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Stiglitz argues that the deregulation, free trade, and social spending cuts or austerity policies of neoliberal economics have actually created and worsened global crises.
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Fiscal austerity policies enacted early in 2012 removed many of these subsidies, however, leading to huge rate and fare increases.
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This coalition continues with the same austerity policies of the previous coalition as the country's larger parties favour a similar agenda.
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Austerity policies demonstrate governments' liquidity to their creditors and credit rating agencies by bringing fiscal income closer to expenditure.
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Cyclical factors, such as government stimulus or austerity policies, cause the actual unemployment rate to vary around the natural rate.
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