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period

[peer-ee-uhd] / ˈpɪər i əd /




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Financial regulators are floating the removal of “quiet periods” restricting when analysts can publish research on their own bank’s transactions.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tokyo’s long period of negative interest rates and mega-quantitative easing count as the largest monetary experiment in history.

From The Wall Street Journal

Two buckles were recovered, one dating to the late Roman period and one dating to the post-medieval period.

From BBC

In other words, if stocks fail to rise during this typically strong period, it can signal lingering caution among investors heading into the new year.

From MarketWatch

The company says gift sales of its sleep system during this year’s holiday period are up sevenfold so far from the same time last year.

From The Wall Street Journal