calculation

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For this calculation, it used the personal consumption expenditure or PCE index, the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, and compared likely prices in this year’s fourth quarter with those a year earlier.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

The 2026 fuel subsidy calculation was premised on a global oil price of $70 per barrel, but prices have since topped $100.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

OpenAI made a different calculation, in his view, concluding that users didn’t care about its relationship with the Pentagon.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

It is a mathematical calculation that feels cold and distant from the pain felt by families devastated by meningitis.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Using the same calculation but plugging in the best modern estimate of the size of the Earth’s orbit, Rømer’s own observations give the speed of light as 298,000 kilometres per second.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin