Synonyms for tightening
tight·en·ing

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1. tighteningnoun

   the act of making something tighter

   "the tightening of economic controls"

   Antonyms:
   loosening, laxation

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1. List of paraphrases for "tightening":

   torquing, tighten, hardening, tightening-up, tightened, torque, strengthening, tightness, contraction

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1. Nitesh Shah:

   They had a good month on expectations of supplies tightening, and investors seem more optimistic about commodities in general.

2. Stephen Innes:

   Vaccine breakthroughs make it likely that life will become more functional again at some point in 2021, resulting in higher GDP growth and more robust corporate earnings, but increasing global COVID19 infections, new variants of the virus, tightening social distancing restrictions and delays in vaccine rollouts in some places, all increase the near-term growth risks.

3. Shilan Shah:

   With growth strengthening and core inflation picking up, we think today's hike marks the start of a modest tightening cycle.

4. Daniel Silver:

   While we think a tightening labor market will keep upward pressure on pricing in the US, the recent strengthening in the dollar, along with declines in various commodity prices related to food and energy, likely depressed the June import price data.

5. Andrew Kelvin:

   They've been arguing that the amount of excess slack in the economy has been understated thus far, and if that's what they believe, then that would argue for a later tightening.