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inflation

[in-flay-shuhn] / ɪnˈfleɪ ʃən /


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“We are so heavily dependent on oil around the world to make and do things, it drives everything up,” said Robert Pavlik, senior portfolio manager at Dakota Wealth Management, after the inflation report.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

In past decades, higher oil prices weren’t closely correlated with rising inflation in other parts of the economy, according to new research from Federal Reserve economists published this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Wall Street seems willing to look past one kind of uncertainty, but a fresh flare-up of inflation might be harder to dismiss.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

Here’s inflation from late 2020 to mid 2022:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

As inflation ate away at their modest government pensions, Elizebeth spent long hours going over their checkbooks, bank records, and tax forms.

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

His appearance was indicated by certain inflations and convulsions of the parts which he possessed, and when the relics were again placed in the lower parts, he directly returned to the upper.

From The itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales by Giraldus Cambrensis


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