On a high – The Hindu (Jan 05, 2018)

On a high – The Hindu (Jan 05, 2018)

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Word List-2 (To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. hawkish (adjective) – aggressive, combative, threatening.
2. bull market (noun) – a share/financial market in which share prices are rising (or) are expected to rise over a period of time. A “bull market” is any time period where stocks are going up in value. A “bear market” is the opposite, when stock prices are falling.
3. kick off (phrasal verb) – start, begin, usher in.
4. rally (verb) – increase after a fall (share prices).
5. indices – plural of index (noun) – measure; guide, indication, sign.
6. bourse (noun) –  stock market (in French); stock exchange.
7. traction (noun) – an idea or a product gains popularity/acceptance.
8. rally (noun) – recovery, upturn, improvement/rebound (after a decline).
9. tailwinds (noun) – (in business) it describes a situation or condition that will move growth, revenues, or profits higher. Headwinds (noun) – (in business) situations or conditions that make growth harder/difficult.
10. macroeconomic (adjective) – relating to the branch of economics concerned with large-scale factors (interest rates/national productivity).
11. euphoria (noun) – elation, excitement, delight/happiness.
12. secular (adjective) – relating to an economy (fluctuation) or market trend exists over a relatively long period.
13. suspicion (noun) – doubt, qualm, wariness.
14. excess liquidity (noun) – it means that commercial banks are holding more cash reserves than they ideally should, above the usual requirement.
15. starve (of) (verb) – deprive of, divest, dispossess.
16. yield (noun) – produce, generate, (gain, or financial return).
17. bid up (verb) – increase the price of.
18. prospect (noun) – hope, expectation, anticipation.
19. accommodative (adjective) – accommodating, cooperative.
20. Federal Reserve System (US) – the central banking system of the United States (The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India’s central banking institution).
21. dovish monetary policy (noun) – it means that policymakers favour looser, more accommodating policy, because they want to stimulate growth in the economy with low interest rates. When monetary policy is with higher interest rates to control inflation, it is called as Hawkish monetary policy.
22. fuel (verb) – stimulate, intensify, support.
23. bull run (noun) – a period of time when prices rise on a financial market.
24. inflation (noun) – increase of price level of goods & services & vice versa decrease of currency value.
25. bound to (adjective) – certain/sure, very likely, guaranteed.
26. spike up (verb) – increase sharply.
27. deflate (verb) – reduce, slow down, lessen price levels in (an economy).
28. repatriation (noun) – the sending of money to own country.
29. incentivise (verb) – encourage, motivate, galvanize.
30. exert (verb) – apply, employ, exercise.
31. safe haven asset (noun) – an asset that is uncorrelated with stocks and bonds in the event of a market crash.
32. taper tantrum (noun) – it is the term used to refer US Federal bank’s trimming of the amount of money it was feeding into the economy and which resulted sudden increase in its treasury.
33. fickle (adjective) – volatile, changeable, irregular.
34. disruptive (adjective) – unconventional, unprecedented, unusual.
35. fool’s errand (noun) – an activity that has no hope of success.

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