inflation

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Consumer spending was up 2.5% in February from a year earlier when adjusted for inflation, according to the latest Commerce Department numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

The way to deal with inflation was de-escalation, he said.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Hopes of an end to the war, or at least the temporary ceasefire, have eased fears of runaway inflation, lowered market expectations of Bank rate rises, so have led to lower swap rates.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Waller pointed to the Fed’s costly miscalculation early in the pandemic, when policymakers dismissed one price surge after another as temporary, each time expecting inflation to resolve itself.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

He had had an allowance since he was ten, starting at five dollars per week and increasing steadily with inflation and age up to its current twenty dollars.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng