inflation
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Relatively high black turnout and a backlash to inflation helped Mr. Colom, though he notably also won a majority of white independents.
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
In the U.S., the financial costs are tied up in rising inflation, especially for healthcare, and cuts in benefits.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Even so, the increase raised the 12-month wholesale inflation rate to a blistering 6.5%, from 6.3% in September.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Now there’s wreckage, and inflation, and moral collapse.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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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