inflation
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The Riksbank said it expects the inflation rate to rise above its 2% target next year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
A report on the price hikes, which outstrip the UK's 3.6% inflation rate, revealed energy costs had more than doubled in recent years, despite efforts to slash consumption.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
“Further progress in U.S.-Iran negotiations could ease energy prices and support bullion, while renewed geopolitical tensions that keep crude oil elevated would reinforce inflation risks and leave gold and silver under pressure.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Swedish policymakers signaled that further rate increases are likely in the coming year if the inflation and economic outlook holds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
She fretted about inflation, and the stock market crash of 1974 made her “shake and despair.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
He added: “I know I could not have been so calm through depressions, inflations, banking and currency crises, wars and political disruptions.”
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 18, 2026
Dr Chris Provan, the chair of RCGPs in Scotland, said: "Nationally, many GP practices are experiencing dire financial headwinds owing to historic underinvestment, the impact of inflations, and the impending national insurance contributions."
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2025
But Sotheby’s lawyers said that, while Rybolovlev and Sazonov had reason to be angry, they should blame themselves for failing to take reasonable measures to protect Rybolovlev from any price inflations.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
The second round showed inflations of between 28% and 42%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
It was the result of certain inflations of values which necessarily follow the construction of great enterprises.
From The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 by Various
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