Meaning of room for maneuver | Babel Free

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Synonym of wiggle room.

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““He doesn’t have⟳ much room for maneuver,” said Sam Hill, a fixed-income fund manager at Threadneedle in London. “On the one hand he wants to loosen fiscal policy, but on the other hand he’s already in a massive hole, and if he does anything to make⟳ that worse the market will react⟳ very negatively.””

“To this end⟳, Obama and Romney will need⟳ to lift⟳ the impediments to growth and job creation. Here again – in areas like⟳ housing, the labor market, credit intermediation, and infrastructure – there is less room for maneuver than most politicians would like⟳ us to believe⟳.”

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