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inversely

[in-vurs-lee] / ɪnˈvɜrs li /


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And it’s only got harder with benchmark yields at the highest level in two-dozen years, and prices inversely falling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Yields, which move inversely to bond prices, took another lurch higher Tuesday just as finance ministers and central bankers from the world’s 20 leading economies were concluding two days of meetings in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The rise in yields, which move inversely to the bond price, come as fixed income investors face a number of challenges.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

That would sting, since bond prices and yields move inversely, but it would be peanuts compared with the 4.25% rate hike in 2022.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

It was Newton who realized that the pull of any two objects is, to quote Feynman again, "proportional to the mass of each and varies inversely as the square of the distance between them."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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