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If Congress doesn't come through with a sizable fiscal stimulus package, that will be a definite negative for the market.
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stimulus — stim‧u‧lus [ˈstɪmjləs] noun [singular, uncountable] something that helps a process to develop more quickly or strongly: stimulus to • The discovery of oil acted as a stimulus to the local economy. ˌfiscal ˈstimulus ECONOMICS an attempt to make… … Financial and business terms
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Stimulus — may refer to:*Sha Stimuli, a brooklyn based rapper. *Stimulus (band), an experimental band *Stimulus (physiology), something external that influences an activity *Stimulus (psychology), a concept in behaviorism *Input to a system in other fields… … Wikipedia
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fiscal — adj. Fiscal is used with these nouns: ↑austerity, ↑conservatism, ↑conservative, ↑crisis, ↑deficit, ↑discipline, ↑imbalance, ↑incentive, ↑mismanagement, ↑policy, ↑quarter, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
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