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. Andrew Ceresney:

   Investors rely on credit rating agencies like Standard & Poor's to play it straight when rating complex securities, but Standard & Poor's elevated its own financial interests above investors by loosening its rating criteria to obtain business and then obscuring these changes from investors.

2. Seema Shah:

   This is a labor market on heat; nobody would have expected a number as monstrous as this, is [Fed Chair Jerome] Powell now wondering why he didn’t push back on the loosening in financial conditions? It’s difficult to see how wage pressures can possibly soften sufficiently when jobs growth is as strong as this, and it’s even more difficult to see the Fed stop raising rates and entertain ideas of rate cuts when there is such explosive economic news coming in.

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. Darren Tay:

   Chinese policymakers are wary of broad-based stimulus in high dosages, loosening monetary policy too quickly could indeed cause the yuan to weaken quickly.

5. 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.