economic policy

Other forms: economic policies

Definitions of economic policy

1. noun

   a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues
   types:

   fiscal policy

   a government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing)

   New Deal

   the economic policy of F. D. Roosevelt

   control

   the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.

   perestroika

   an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy

   protectionism

   the policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition

   stimulus

   a set of measures designed to encourage the economy during an economic downturn

   price control

   restriction on maximum prices that is established and maintained by the government (as during periods of war or inflation)

   cap, ceiling, roof

   an upper limit on what is allowed

   base, floor

   a lower limit

   import barrier, trade barrier

   any regulation or policy that restricts international trade

   type of:

   policy

   a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government