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asymmetry

[ey-sim-i-tree] / eɪˈsɪm ɪ tri /


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But asymmetry — prices rising fast but falling slowly — increased as the refined product made its way to city distribution terminals and subsequently to retail stations.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

“The contrast between the slow grind lower in March and the subsequent breakneck rally highlights the U.S. equity market’s pronounced right-tail asymmetry and its longer-term progression toward a more bubble-like regime,” they said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

It is a situation that researchers at Rystad Energy call “the key asymmetry of the crisis.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

"When you see how young they were, you realise the asymmetry of the power there," Massie commented.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

The Internet, powerful as it is, has hardly slain the beast that is information asymmetry.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt




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