The Hindu Editorial (Fed’s signals) – Jun 21, 2019

The days of monetary policy normalisation in most advanced economies may well be over. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Fed’s signals) – Jun 21, 2019.

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Today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Fed’s signals) – Jun 21, 2019:

1. dovish (adjective) – peaceful, diplomatic, accommodating.
2. slowdown (noun) – economic decline, recession, slump/depression.
3. normalization (noun) – the method of bringing something to a normal condition.
4. Federal Reserve (US) (noun) – the central banking system of the United States (The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India’s central banking institution).
5. readiness (noun) – inclination, promptness, quickness.
6. look at (verb) – regard, consider, think of.
7. uncertainty (noun) – doubtfulness, apprehension, unpredictability; quandary/dilemma.
8. hinge on (verb) – depend on, be dependent, be based.
9. resort to (verb) – use, utilize, turn to.
10. rate cut (noun) – a decision by a central bank (RBI) to reduce its main interest rate to the banks (like SBI, ICICI & etc in India) when these commercial banks get money from the central bank (like RBI in India).  Once this rate goes down, the banks are in a position to give loans at lower interest rates to individuals and the industry.
11. inflation (noun) – simply meaning “cost of living”; increase of price level of goods & services and vice versa decrease of currency value.
12. rhetoric (noun) – bombast, loftiness, hyperbole/extravagant language.
13. trade war (noun) – a condition in which a country increase tariffs on foreign goods and impose quota restrictions to restrict other countries’ trade.
14. yield (verb) – agree/conform to, accede to, give way to/go along with.
15. exert (verb) – exercise, utilize, deploy.
16. vocal (adjective) – direct, open, outspoken.
17. look beyond (verb) – anticipate, look forward, plan.
18. unconventional (adjective) – alternative, different, unusual.
19. debt (noun) – indebtedness, financial obligation, liability.
20. aggressively (adverb) – In a determined way.

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