The phrase
"to choke off" means to restrict or prevent something from continuing, growing, or progressing.
Full definition
As such, unlike in the past, Asian central banks will not necessarily be forced to respond with rate hikes, potentially
choking off growth.
It keeps him relevant, and it will have the effect of
choking off fund - raising for any potential Democratic rivals.
As Figure 3 earlier implies, unless and until rates / yields exceed the growth rate of the nominal economy, they are not likely to
choke off economic growth.
If it acts too aggressively to curb inflation by forcing short - term rates too high, it could
choke off home sales.
These masses of blood cells can grow big enough to
choke off veins and arteries, preventing oxygen from flowing to critical organs.
Central bank lending restrictions have been instrumental in
choking off funding for first time buyers, making price the most important variable for those looking to get a foot on the property ladder.
It's fair to ask, though, whether at some point affordability problems will
choke off home buying.
If it raises rates too quickly, the bank
risks choking off economic growth, falling short of its ideal inflation target of two per cent and could lead to the type of financial stability risk it's trying to avoid, he said.
Upcoming hikes are expected to be small and gradual, so they do
n't choke off growth, says Brad Sorensen, a director of market and sector research at Charles Schwab.
«And ironically, here is what that disparity ultimately leads: the wholesale channels for third party originations gets
choked off as the industry points fingers at mortgage brokers.
Its lust for absolute freedom and absolute justice
choked off living forms, the necessary shapes of real creativity: «Rebellion in itself is moderation.
By adding Deripaska's businesses to its Specially Designated Nationals blacklist the first time Washington had done so with a publicly - listed Russian company - the U.S.
effectively choked off their access to the international financial system.
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer announced his support for legislation aimed
at choking off the supply of the powerful narcotic fentanyl, which officials say caused the deaths of a record number of Long Islanders last year.
Instead they clump and
choke off blood flow, causing intense pain as bits of lung, bone, brain, and kidney succumb to a lack of oxygen.
But Congress has essentially
choked off federal funding for scientific studies of firearms - injury prevention since 1996.
If it moves too soon to raise rates, the Fed risks
choking off early signs of rising wages.
There was no rebuttal from Labour pointing out the decent levels of growth being recorded before George
Osborne choked off the recovery through his vainglorious emergency budget in June 2010.
Oil prices took off when the crisis hit Egypt, threatening to
choke off oil supply lines by closing the Suez Canal.
That rush of
activity chokes off — or perhaps conceals and pacifies — the restless heart that wants something quite different from «more of the same.»
«By recklessly raising taxes and cutting spending too far and too fast, this
government choked off the recovery, pushing up borrowing by # 150 billion and leaving unemployment continuing to soar,» he commented.
In 2011, the group fought against Cuomo's proposed property tax cap, which the union contends
chokes off school funding.
Ethereum News Update The intricate web of U.S. cryptocurrency regulations is
choking off innovation, says a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
On the other hand I submit to you that as the ocean becomes warmer more boundary layer clouds form
which choke off the source of the warming (sunshine) and thus oppose warming a certain amount.
French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed the decision of more than 70 countries to form a coalition with the aim of
choking off financing for the Islamic State group and al - Qaida.
Just choke off the Straits of Hormuz and a world of leverage suddenly opens up.
And asking folks to use other services
potentially chokes off a line of an important line of business communication.
More from @Work: The suddenly hot job market for workers over 50 Silicon Valley reeling as
Trump chokes off tech talent Recent college grads compete for a $ 12,000 - a-year job in Chicago
Another group, represented by Arkansas congressman Tom Cotton, think the bill does too little to
choke off future illegal immigration.
Smith shared anecdotes about the many near - death experiences of Ugg, including finding out his primary supplier was
choking him off while making boots for his chief competitor, which led to the creation of his mantras.
During the campaign, Trump blacklisted news organizations such as The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Politico and The Huffington Post,
choking off access to rallies and other campaign events.
so now the issue is whether the bond market (or macro hedge funds) eased too much thinking the Fed would
choke off liquidity and now is staring at still a weaker dollar and high commodity prices indicating an elevated level of excess liquidity.
They include upwards revisions in economic forecasts, expectation of monetary tightening, rising real and nominal long - term interest rates, fiscal stimulus on a huge scale in a full employment economy, rising protectionism that should
choke off import flows, and tax reform directed at reducing capital outflows and increasing capital inflows.
While OPEC failed to deliver to the market any surprises after its OPEC meet in Vienna last week, Turkey's threat to
choke off Kurdish oil exports — along with the gradual acceptance that commercial oil stocks are indeed dwindling — seem to be the catalysts this week that is propping up oil prices.
(By contrast, a strategy that requires you to sell equities at this
time chokes off the upside, increasing the chances of you running out of money.)
And Central Bankers must raise interest rates higher and sooner next time, to
choke off excessive spending by our own citizens for whom frugality is a fad, not a way of life.
Pessimists maintain that, after a certain point, the necessities of integrating the whole network of machine and social systems will box in and
choke off human freedom.
For their part, the A's
choked off Dodger rallies with double plays in the fourth, eighth and ninth, the last one ending the game.
Let Ozil and Lacazette do their jobs without
Ramsey choking off their space and interfering.
Rashad Anderson CONNECTICUT,
F Choked off Vanderbilt comeback with a trey; fired in six against Alabama.
Ramsey never even close to those numbers, abandons midfield partner,
chokes off space for Ozil, and camps out in penalty box limiting Giroud and Laca.
Last January's VAT rise was quite simply the wrong tax at the wrong time, helping to
choke off recovery.
Wendy... you must think the rest of us are morons and that we don't read the paper about Idaho trying to pass a mandatory ultrasound law, Texas losing federal funding because it wants to
choke off Planned Parenthood, Rush Limbaugh's disgusting attack on Sandra Fluke (and women who use the Pill in general).
Absurdly comparing Britain to Greece and
choking off business confidence and our recovery as a result.
Osborne's
cuts choked off the recovery that was underway in 2010, as Balls and others had predicted, and growth only resumed when the chancellor retreated from his deficit reduction target in 2012.