calculation
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“Based on our calculation, even if the inventory drawdown rate picks up to more than one million barrels a day, China’s commercial reserves alone are enough to sustain another six months,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
The calculation compares average inflation for the third quarter of the current year with average inflation for the third quarter of the prior year—the percentage increase between the two is the COLA.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
At ProjectionLab and MaxiFi, the toggles for this kind of doomsday calculation are part of their regular inputs for your Social Security primary insurance amount, or PIA.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Whether that calculation proves correct remains to be seen.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
The calculation was not made with reference to vast historical or geological shifts—the fall of civilizations, the erosion of mountains.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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