inflation
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Farmers and producers keep supermarket shelves stocked with eggs, milk and bread - but their costs have risen well above the rate of inflation over the last year.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Until this year, the previous lowest level was in June 2022, when inflation was running at the highest level in decades.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
At the time he argued a weak U.S. job market needed support, but what sealed the deal was a sufficient slowdown in inflation to give the Fed cover.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
His key concern is that inflation expectations could indeed ramp up as the Fed is now in the process of missing its inflation target for a sixth year.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
The army was mutinous; the factory workers galled; inflation ran amok.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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