inflation
Example Sentences
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And though President Vladimir Putin recently hailed a cooling of inflation amid high interest rates, pensioners in the Saint Petersburg soup kitchen say their situation is still dire.
From Barron's
Perhaps the biggest myth that has been busted so far: During its early days, bitcoin was said to be a hedge against fiscal excess, government money-printing and inflation.
From MarketWatch
While the inflation index uses current prices, it is weighted according to a roughly 20-year-old survey of household spending.
The decision took into account the upward revision in the central bank’s inflation forecasts and “the need to continue evaluating the impact of the fiscal adjustments implemented at the beginning of the year.”
Canada’s central bank sets rate policy to achieve and maintain 2% inflation.
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