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This rise in energy costs has led to fears that inflation will remain high, and increase the chance that central banks will hike interest rates to keep price rises under control.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Market expectations of a 25-basis-point rate hike on Wednesday surged in the wake of the data, with the probability at more than 85 percent according to CME's FedWatch tool.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

With financial markets convinced the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates on Wednesday, two questions naturally follow: How high will rates go, and will tighter monetary policy lead to any breaks in financial markets?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

Traders now place the odds of a rate hike next week at 87%, up from 72% yesterday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

And then we start to hike back the same way we came.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

A hawkish BoJ that commits to further rate hikes, and perhaps more importantly, at a faster pace, could lead to the Japanese yen strengthening further, which would likely ripple across global markets.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

Investors expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next week for the first time in three years, with expectations rising for more hikes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The increase in US rate expectations saw the dollar jump against the yen, having fallen for the past week on bets for a series of hikes by the Bank of Japan.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

What will matter most is what the BoJ signals about the path of future rate hikes, which it will lay out in the postmeeting communication and press conference.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

“What would I do with a leather boot in a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific? Do you think I go for hikes in my spare time?”

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

This is the supposedly pristine island that Ivanka had hiked up barefoot.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

The company has already hiked prices on its Mac and iPad lines but has kept its core iPhone offering untouched thus far.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

He hiked more than 15 miles through the eastern part of Oregon in the morning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and YouTube Premium also hiked prices earlier this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

We’ve barely walked a half kilometer from the park’s entrance, but I sit down on the ground next to him, pull out my water bottle, and drink like we’ve hiked all day.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

When it reopened in 2024, a San Francisco Chronicle wine critic noted that Signorello, founded in 1977, raised its ambitions after the fire, tapping new wine-making talent and hiking tasting fees to $175.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

But with Tehran and Washington now seemingly at an impasse, Isabel Schnabel and Joachim Nagel -- both members of the ECB's rate-setting governing council -- have signalled in recent days policymakers will resume hiking rates.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

“Now that it’s clear that the BOJ will continue hiking, the yen is fashionable again,” said Stefan Angrick of Moody’s Analytics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

“The bar for hiking into negative payrolls is higher than the market thinks.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Within days of my walk up Killington, winter began blowing in; the hiking season was clearly at an end.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson