problematic

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In an interview last week, Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said an interest-rate boost could be necessary in the future if inflation remains problematic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

A 0% target leaves little room for error since even a minor shock could result in deflation, or falling prices—which is arguably more problematic than inflation.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Now, Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica have obtained documents that reveal the role Dundon played in pushing some of the key company practices that regulators later presented as problematic.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

“So if César was exposed as being the problematic individual we now know him to be, then maybe the union and the movement was also problematic and so people stayed quiet.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

The problematic patriotism of the Quaker petitioners was, Smith agreed, reprehensible.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis