pump-priming

CONCISE OXFORD's definition⇒

2.the stimulation of economic activity by investment.

1.the introduction of fluid into a pump to prepare it for working.


The major focus of attention in the LDP presidential race will be economic pump-priming measures.


自民党総裁選で注目を集める主要な争点は景気対策となる。

◆economic pump-priming measures : (公共事業による)呼び水式経済振興策。primeは「呼び水」を差す」の意