| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| COUNTERMEASURES | Offsetting actions |
| TAXCREDIT | Offsetting IRS amount |
| HEDGES | Risk-offsetting contracts |
| compensatory | Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something |
| compensations | The process of concealing or offsetting a psychological difficulty by developing in another direction |
| contracyclical | of an economic policy, offsetting fluctuation cycles in the economy by reducing taxes during a recession and raising them during a boom |
