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• a  capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent

• Erythropoietin is usually the drug of choice for bloodless medicine because of its stimulative effect on red-blood-cell production.
• There is simply no evidence (at least no objective study that I have been shown) which indicates that government spending is not stimulative.
• The better the projects are, the less likely they are to be stimulative, because they're complicated and time consuming, like healthcare IT and high-speed rail.

• depressant

News & Articles

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• Stock Market Falls Again After Federal Reserve Announcement
  The stock market fell again on Thursday, a day after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke outlined plans to phase out the Fed's stimulative bond-buying program. The Dow was down 350 points in late afternoon trading.
  June 21, 2013 - NPR
• One Crucial European Economic Indicator Continues To Get Less Ugly
  The global financial markets are selling off thanks to weak Chinese economic data and concerns that the Federal Reserve could start scaling back its stimulative monetary policies.
  June 20, 2013 - Business Insider
• The Global Financial Markets Are Selling Off
  Stocks, bonds, and commodities around the world are getting hit by a double-whammy. First, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested that strengthening economic data could enable the Fed to start tapering, or gradually reducing, its stimulative bond-buying plan.
  June 20, 2013 - Business Insider

Quotes

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• Dana Perino in International Herald Tribune
  He opposed including infrastructure projects because "it's not really a stimulative way to get the economy going," White House press secretary Dana Perino said Monday.
• Arne Duncan in International Herald Tribune
  It makes no sense to me that we don't see the huge stimulative impact of putting people to work now,Duncan said. "We have tremendous unmet need well beyond that $20 billion."