inflation
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The company has gone to great lengths to keep prices low, especially with consumers squeezed by inflation and gas prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Concerns about high oil prices are adding to inflation fears in Japan, as the BOJ just moved to rescue the yen from a roughly 40-year low.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
That contributed to a sharp jump in inflation, with March's reading for average annual price increases coming in at 3.3%, a near two-year high and a significant uptick from February's 2.4%.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
“You have to suppose more inflation is in the pipeline,” said Dan North, senior economist at insurance specialist Allianz.
From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026
She fretted about inflation, and the stock market crash of 1974 made her “shake and despair.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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