countercyclical

"It was the first real countercyclical policy to head off inflation."

This means that this type of security has countercyclical features.

"Countercyclical way" is the D word in other clothes.

The idea of using countercyclical fiscal policy to help get a weak economy moving is hardly radical.

In previous recessions, countercyclical policy was more focused on job creation.

"Firms continue to rely on countercyclical businesses like bond trading."

One example of an automatically countercyclical fiscal policy is progressive taxation.

Quantities that tend to increase when the overall economy is slowing down are classified as 'countercyclical'.

Conversely, an economic or financial policy is called countercyclical if it works against the cyclical tendencies in the economy.

At the same time, it would be expedient to take countercyclical measures and create economic surpluses.

Unemployment is an example of a countercyclical variable.

"There is clear evidence of countercyclical behavior," Mr. Grossman said.

Vice versa, a countercyclical variable associates with negative correlations.

His fund held positions in countercyclical stocks that perform well in recessions.

His one minor proposal is to cut subsidies when farmers receive higher prices for their crops - what he calls a "countercyclical" approach.

"We are trying to be countercyclical," he said, "to better profit from the recovery, when the recovery inevitably comes."

I say again: in these circumstances, countercyclical measures would in the long term bring a result exactly the opposite of that which is desired.

A. We like the diversity we have achieved in metals because they operate to different cycles, although they're not countercyclical.

Countercyclical capital requirement - to avoid excessive balance-sheet shrinkage from banks in trouble.

The tax cuts of his presidency may not have been especially well aimed to lift consumption, but they have had at least some countercyclical impact.

We have to try to rectify these structural weaknesses, but it cannot be done via the countercyclical measures that are always being recommended here.

The Administration appears to be relying, however, entirely on Federal Reserve rate cuts for countercyclical action.

The company was able to switch resources to whichever sector had the demand, and the countercyclical nature of the businesses stabilised the profits.

Procyclical and countercyclical are terms used to describe how an economic quantity is related to economic fluctuations.

Conversely, any economic quantity that is negatively correlated with the overall state of the economy is said to be countercyclical.