Meanings of less dovish in English

Policymakers in Europe have also shifted to a less dovish stance.

Sterling rose after the Bank of England minutes were less dovish than expected.

A few central banks already appear to be shifting to a less dovish stance.

The data could prompt a less dovish stance from the U.S. Federal Reserve, Melek added.

Fischer is seen as less dovish than Janet Yellen, the nominee to lead the U.S. bank.

The strong data could prompt a less dovish stance from the U.S. Federal Reserve, Melek added.

Anyone else would be seen as less dovish.

The tone is likely to be less dovish than at the RBI last policy meeting back in June.

On balance it seemed a little less dovish, said Mike Lorizio, senior fixed income trader at Manulife Asset Management in Boston.

The Singapore dollar rose for a second straight session on expectations that the MAS will assume a less dovish tone in its meeting.

In such an environment sterling would see demand from long-term investors, given BoE policymakers have been flagging inflation risks and a less dovish bias.

This is 'dovish' I suppose but I don't suppose there is a single economist, strategist, journalist, trader or barman who expected anything less dovish.

U.S. Treasuries prices fell after the consumer price data pointed to marginally less dovish Fed policy and an auction of seven-year notes saw soft demand.

The won KRW= rose as much as 0.8 percent against the dollar as Lee sounded less dovish on future policy than many traders had expected.