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inflation

[in-fley-shuhn] / ɪnˈfleɪ ʃən /


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The annual inflation rate stood at 3.5% in July, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Druckenmiller said there was no dysfunction in the market that would warrant such a move and that high inflation and runaway federal debt were among the forces driving up yields.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

But inflation rose by 3.7% in the 12 months that ended in June, using the central bank’s preferred PCE price index.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

We were in a complex position at the start of 1994, with a strong economy and inflation stable but expected to rise.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 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

Not with balloons and their cumbrous inflations, but with machines capable of carrying the load, and traveling by displacement of the air at high velocities.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881 by Various




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