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Recent Examples of animal spirits
Hopefully, the mortgage refinancing will release some animal spirits!
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Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
Perhaps the animal spirit most crucial to forecasting is risk aversion.
—Alan Greenspan, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
And while the biotech’s recent recovery is clearly tied to macroeconomic factors, Wednesday’s sudden dip offers few easy explanations beyond investors taking profits, year-end tax-loss selling, and the familiar animal spirits.
—Damian Garde, STAT, 22 Dec. 2023
The figures are derived from the fusion of two Zapotec animal spirits, the toná and the nahual.
—Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2023
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Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
Perhaps the animal spirit most crucial to forecasting is risk aversion.
—Alan Greenspan, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
And while the biotech’s recent recovery is clearly tied to macroeconomic factors, Wednesday’s sudden dip offers few easy explanations beyond investors taking profits, year-end tax-loss selling, and the familiar animal spirits.
—Damian Garde, STAT, 22 Dec. 2023
The figures are derived from the fusion of two Zapotec animal spirits, the toná and the nahual.
—Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2023
See all Example Sentences for animal spirits
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“Animal spirits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/animal%20spirits. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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