What does Hawkish and Dovish mean?

:confused: What do these terms mean. Hawkish and Dovish

This puts it a lot better than I ever could.

War Hawk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia :slight_smile:

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Hawkish: The Free Forex Encyclopedia

HAWKS are predatory birds — their life one of hunting and killing while DOVES are peaceful and slightly chubby birds, though capable of quite high speed once they get that girth moving.

unfortunately, Doves taste rather good, both to humans and to Hawks, although a hawk rarely bastes them in a garlic sauce.

hawks are aggressive
doves are peaceful

only one makes good eating !

LOL

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dovish
Dovish refers to an economic outlook which generally supports lower interest rates. Doves take the position that inflationary pressures are low enough for low interest rates to be desirable

hawkish
The term refers to the predatory, stern nature of the hawk. In finance, hawkish refers to a negative outlook on inflation, implying that price levels are too high. “Hawkish” is an adjective typically used to describe monetary policy which favors higher interest rates, tighter monetary controls and restrictive credit policy.