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The Fed has a dual mandate of maintaining price stability and maximum employment, and generally keeps interest rates higher to curb inflation, or lower to boost the jobs market.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

Do we really need to mandate player participation in the Olympics, especially since so many great players already have said they want to be there?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

"Has Burnham been given the electoral mandate to do it?" he asks.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

That pledge was unusual because it suddenly elevated inflation risks above the Fed’s other mandate of maximum employment, after five years of price gains running higher than the central bank’s 2% target.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

But no lexicographer could carry out Macdonald’s mandate.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

The EU’s latest Industrial Acceleration Act mandates local-content requirements in public procurement and subsidies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

The agreement also mandates a legally enforceable whistleblower protection policy, a comprehensive Survivor Bill of Rights, anonymous online reporting, and a prohibition on confidentiality agreements that silence survivors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

According to Cisco’s 2025 Global Hybrid Work study, 81% of employers and 77% of employees acknowledged these mandates stemmed from a lack of trust in remote productivity.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026

The statute mandates that the DHS consult with the State Department, explain its own reasoning for why there no longer remains a danger, and give TPS recipients at least 60 days notice for any decision.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

Referring to them as sacred might feel uncomfortable, because the First Amendment of the Constitution tells us that this nation legally mandates separation of church and state.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Historically, it has been up to Congress to oversee monetary policy through a semiannual hearing mandated by law.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

Plenty of corporations have mandated that employees work in person or forfeit their jobs, but it’s rare that those consequences apply to leadership.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

This represents just 2.7% of GDP by 2030, well short of the 3% mandated by Nato.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Liggett Group LLC, where the court agreed in part with the tobacco industry that the congressionally mandated surgeon general’s warning about cigarettes already superseded any state-based failure-to-warn claim.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

They are mandated by the Beauty Minister to look this way.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

It said this includes mandating tech firms ban those who post scams and prevent them from creating new accounts, as well as those who impersonate real businesses.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

One point of mandating U.S. stock-market exposure with the funds is to give future generations buy-ins on America’s economy.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

President Donald Trump signed two directives on Monday mandating the creation of a research-grade quantum computer by 2028 and accelerating the government’s shift to post-quantum cryptography by 2031.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Kalshi, which is regulated by the CFTC, enforces federal know-your-customer rules, known as KYC, mandating banks and brokers to require users to disclose their identities to prevent financial fraud and illicit activity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

There may be some laws about this kind of communication, mandating a critical density and mass before it can function with efficiency.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas