dovish

Etymology

From dove + -ish.

adj

1. Pertaining to a dove; dove-like.
2. (figurative) Peaceful, conciliatory.
   According to Kathleen A. Francovic, director of surveys for CBS News, it was the “war and peace” issue that seemed to separate the sexes in 1980, with women predictably perched on the dovish side. 1982-12-10, Ann Hulbert, “What Gender Gap?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
   Doubtless an expression of frustration at the UN secretary general, who has long been too dovish for Bush administration tastes. July 18 2006, Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian, page 3
   Caillaux bypassed his Foreign Office in order to impose his own dovish agenda on the negotiations with Berlin […]. 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 210
3. Disfavoring increasing interest rates; inclined against increasing interest rates.
   The Federal Reserve's statement on recent inflation was interpreted as dovish by the market.
   A dovish policy keeps unemployment close to 6 percent and lets the price level swing more widely to absorb economic shocks. 1985, Price Stability and Public Policy, page 143