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An individual on the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) who is against reducing interest rates to stimulate the economy - the opposite of a "dove". The Central Bank of a country is tasked with maintaining price stability while simultaneously ensuring growth. Unfortunately, these two objectives are mutually exclusive because when there is growth, inflationary pressures tend to increase. Controlling inflation, however , requires monetary policies which generally curtail growth. The MPC of a central bank usually meets every two months to assess the state of the economy and its likely future direction, after which they will either adopt a "hawkish" or a "dovish" policy. A hawkish policy means that they are tightening monetary policy in order to reduce inflation and a dovish policy means they are adopting a looser monetary policy to encourage growth.