distributional
Americanadjective
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Rieder has also spoken frequently about inequality and the distributional effects of monetary policy.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
“The 2021-23 inflation shock placed a heavier burden on lower-income households. Subsequent interest rate increases also had distributional effects.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
They highlighted issues of distributional inequities, socio-cultural disruptions, and financial disparities arising from ongoing migrations and gentrification in which climate plays some role.
From Science Daily • Jan. 2, 2024
“Addressing climate change seems likely to require policies that would have significant distributional and other effects on companies, industries, regions, and nations,” Mr. Powell said in his remarks.
From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2023
The problem with equating macro-economics with Political Economy however is that Political Economy also is interested in distributional aspects - while macro-economics by definition looks at the aggregate only.
From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas
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