undershoot
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“The risk in 2026 has always been skewed to further easing given the expected undershoot of the inflation target,” Deutsche Bank’s Chief European Economist Mark Wall said in a recent research note.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
Fewer firms expect inflation to top 3% over the next two years, while the share expecting the consumer-price index to undershoot the 2% target has climbed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
A runway safety area refers to an area adjacent to, or at the end of a runway, meant to limit damage to aircraft should they overshoot, undershoot or veer off the runway.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2025
"We could see inflation further undershoot expectations, which would be very worrying," Ueda said.
From Reuters ● Apr. 25, 2023
The difficulty is, of course, not to undershoot, to fall short.
From Opportunities in Aviation by Arthur Sweetser
After a series of undershoots in the years following the 2008-09 financial crisis, policy would seek to exceed the 2% target—which it did readily.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
If a team undershoots its targets, it falls back quickly.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2024
These dynamics could intensify later this week if U.S. inflation data for June undershoots analysts' already soft expectations.
From Reuters ● Jul. 10, 2023
The snippet we see of their idiotic vanity project, “The Striking Viking,” aims so low it undershoots satire by a mile.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2018
Since regular jet flights started two years ago, no U.S. commercial jet has cracked up seriously on landing, but there have been perilously close undershoots and overshoots because of pilot misjudgment.
From Time Magazine Archive
Growth in nonfarm payrolls has undershot its longer-run average for two years.
From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026
The history of the building also captivated Brendan - it is an undershot watermill, which means water flows underneath the waterwheel, striking the paddles at the bottom.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
Global silver supplies undershot demand for a fifth year in a row in 2025, according to the Silver Institute.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 10, 2025
The result undershot the 2.8% growth expected by economists in a Wall Street Journal survey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
Lieutenant Xiomara Rojas has an undershot jaw, and her jumble of yellowish teeth is visible when she shouts.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
But spending appeared to lose steam, undershooting expectations of economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal who instead expected growth of 0.4 percent.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Kroenke always told his development team that undershooting L.A. would be a huge mistake, that the opportunity here was immeasurable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
Still, ECB rate setters expect that rise in inflation to be short-lived, and are more concerned about undershooting the 2% level next year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025
"Overall, there's more undershooting than overshooting of fertility ideals," she says.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2025
Employers added 175,000 positions in April, the Labor Department reported Friday, undershooting forecasts.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2024
