hawkish

adjective3

1. •
   Resembling a hawk in appearance or behaviour.
2. •
   Supportive of warlike foreign policy; bellicose; inclined toward military action.

   • The Prime Minister could count on the support of a hawkish majority in Parliament to support the invasion.
3. •
   Favouring increasing interest rates; inclined towards increasing interest rates.

   • The Federal Reserve's recent statement on the slowing of inflation was interpreted as hawkish by the market.