counter-cyclical

Ezra starts from the insight that Rogoff and Reinhart warned anyone listening that recessions born of financial crises are particularly intractable to the usual counter-cyclical attack.

Jared Bernstein: The Self-Imposed Limits of Reaction to a Crisis Jared Bernstein 2011

This allowed them to adopt strong counter-cyclical monetary and fiscal policies.

Abebe Aemro Selassie: Confessions of a Dismal Scientist -- Africa's Resilience Abebe Aemro Selassie 2011

Since states need to balance their budgets, recessions normally force them to engage in pro-cyclical cutbacks rather than counter-cyclical expansions.

Matthew Yglesias » Senator Ensign Thinks States Can Cut Back Without Cutting Anything Back 2009

Ezra starts from the insight that Rogoff and Reinhart warned anyone listening that recessions born of financial crises are particularly intractable to the usual counter-cyclical attack.

Jared Bernstein: The Self-Imposed Limits of Reaction to a Crisis Jared Bernstein 2011

Burns said China had the resources and the political will to mount a counter-cyclical policy, but was unlikely to be able to boost its economy as quickly as it did three years ago.

World Bank warns of global recession 2012

We do know that government spending and investment can, at least * sometimes*, create a counter-cyclical effect that helps bring us out of a recession.

Matthew Yglesias » McConnell: Spending Can’t Work Except When It Can 2009

It's taking too long for so-called shovel-ready projects to get going -- making it difficult to use public works programs as a counter-cyclical remedy.

Mitch Rofsky: Facing Midterm Results: Do Liberals Really Want a One-Term Presidency? Mitch Rofsky 2010

The built-in lag in adjusting home assessments has become a government policymakers dream: It is a counter-cyclical tax that can generate more revenue in bad times, raising collections at a time when other economically sensitive taxes falter.

Home Slump? Not on Tax Bill Josh Barbanel 2010

Keynes would not have been so worried about a balanced budget and deficit reduction during a crisis, but he would have approved of spending cuts and tax hikes during the upswing - he was a firm believer in counter-cyclical government spending.

John Maynard Keynes: The master and the doctor | Editorial 2011

Recession has to be fought also with counter-cyclical measures, i.e., deficit financing to promote our economic interests.

Nake M. Kamrany: The Current Budget Gridlock Nake M. Kamrany 2011