inflation

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Last year, the International Monetary Fund described the economy as "robust" with a growth rate of almost 8% and low inflation.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Stocks began to recover in October, however, even as the war continued to rage and the Federal Reserve was planning near-term interest-rate hikes to tame inflation pressures.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

It also sees inflation, as measured by annual changes in the consumer-price index, dropping to 2.2% in 2028 and then staying there through 2036.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Treasury bond market is getting increasingly worried about inflation.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

In 1998 two physicists from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem showed that even a spinning or charged black hole—with a nice, ring-shaped singularity—will kill an astronaut, thanks to mass inflation.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife