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
"The key takeaway from the report is that inflation at the wholesale level is still a big problem," O'Hare said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
Investors are always concerned about inflation and the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate policies.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
“For gold investors, the distinction between geopolitical risk and monetary policy consequences remains critical, particularly when higher inflation threatens to keep real interest rates elevated.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 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
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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
I look for other and often-repeated expansions of paper circulation, inflations of trade, and general excess; and then, again, for other violent ebbings of the swollen flood, ending in other suspensions.
From The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 by Daniel Webster
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