loosening

loosening, tighter, easing, softening, toughening, weakening, firming, looser, stricter, slackening, ratcheting, slowing, slowdown, constricting, monetary policy, worsening, deceleration, hardening, deterioration, crimping, slippage, clampdown, strengthening, inflation, restrictive, stiffening, relaxed, stringent, disinflation, lax, constriction, liberalizing, squeezing, constraining, narrowing, normalizing, contraction, clamping, lowering, accommodative, tougher, beefing, central bank, cinching, deflationary, inflationary, dovishness, souring, revising, unwinding, stringency, dampening, unpeg, steepen, cutting, ratcheted, thawing, overshooting, overinflation, macroeconomic, moderating, inflationary spiral, draconian, ramped, stimulatory, curtailing, credit crunch, downspin, quickening, softer, retrenching, deteriorate, lessening, stabilizing, reimposition, recalibration, intensification, flexing, overheating, weakness, relaxation, fraying, downturn, rockiness, lengthening, hawkish, restricting, lending, shrinking, weak, bolstering, crackdown, improving, stiffer, heightened, cautious, trimming, changes, increases, nervousness, curbs, darkening, curtailment, widening, diminution, lightening, sharpening, blurring, decrease, decline, increase, readjustment, rise, corrective, expansionary, regulatory, retrenchment, deregulatory, counterproductive, dumping, precautionary, procrustean, quarantine, tightest, antipollution, conceived, concerted, diversionary

take-up

necktie, sparkplug wrench, take-up, tie, uterine contraction

adjustment, alteration, modification