peaking
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Financial conditions eased considerably after peaking in late 2022 and early 2023, as interest rates fell and credit spreads tightened materially — not just in the U.S., but globally.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Zambia defaulted on its sovereign debt in 2020, with its debt-to-GDP ratio peaking at 124 percent in 2021, and later completed an IMF-supported programme.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
During the pandemic, it traded as if mRNA would transform medicine overnight, with its market capitalization peaking near $200 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
It will be somewhat warmer in the south than on Saturday, with high temperatures peaking in the mid-20s Celsius in Southampton, Reading and London.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
From the mid-1970s to the end of the 1980s, the amount of money involved in mergers and acquisitions every year on Wall Street increased 2,000 percent, peaking at almost a quarter of a trillion dollars.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
