HAWK/HAWKISH

HAWK/HAWKISH

An inflation hawk, which is a type of monetary jargon, is an advisor or a policymaker. They are concerned with the potential impact of interest rates as they relate to fiscal policy. Hawks allow interest rates to rise in order to keep inflation under control.

Monetary officials in a nation are hawkish if they feel higher interest rates are necessary to battle inflation, slow-fast economic expansion, or both.