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inflation

[in-flay-shuhn] / ɪnˈfleɪ ʃən /


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“For gold investors, the distinction between geopolitical risk and monetary policy consequences remains critical, particularly when higher inflation threatens to keep real interest rates elevated.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Investors expect the US Federal Reserve to lift interest rates by at least a quarter percentage point next month to try to rein in stubborn inflation.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

Buckingham’s point was that most investors are better off sticking with their long-term strategies rather than reacting to headlines about inflation, Fed policy, elections or other events.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

Still, the wholesale inflation rate was slightly more muted than economists had predicted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

The number has grown more than 400 percent since 1980, after adjusting for inflation, while the total number of households has grown only 27 percent.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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

An astronomer is poorly paid, uncheered by crowds, considerably isolated: he lives upon his own inflations: deflate a bear and it couldn't hibernate.

From The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort


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