Synonyms for loosening
loos·en·ing

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1. relaxation, loosening, slackeningnoun

   an occurrence of control or strength weakening

   "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind"

   Synonyms:
   laxation, liberalisation, relaxation method, ease, easiness, slackening, repose, relaxation, relaxation behavior, liberalization, rest

   Antonyms:
   tightening

2. loosening, laxationnoun

   the act of making something less tight

   Synonyms:
   relaxation, defecation, slackening, shitting, laxation

   Antonyms:
   tightening

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1. • Weakening

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1. List of paraphrases for "loosening":

   relaxation, easing, decoupling

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1. Li Huiyong:

   China's government is pushing forward the 'supply-side' reform and the move needs someone to pay the costs. A loosening monetary environment is what we need, we believe the central government will keep its loosening policy stance this year to support the economy.

2. Masahiko Loo:

   On the whole the PBOC is loosening but it is not flooding the banking system like the Fed does. And today’s economic data wasn’t that bad.

3. Ed Stansfield:

   With credit conditions now loosening and employment set to continue growing strongly, we suspect this long downward trend may not last for much longer.

4. Governor Zhou Xiaochuan:

   The current monetary policy is prudent with a slight loosening bias, we also want to stress that monetary policy should be adjusted dynamically depending on the judgment towards the economic situation.

5. Kalpana Kochhar:

   What Chinese authorities are doing is what the IMF has recommended for a long time, which is to allow markets to determine the exchange rate, one benefit is that loosening the (yuan's) link to the dollar gives Chinese authorities some independence to conduct their own monetary policy.