barometer
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A recent decline in the 10-year Treasury yield—a barometer for mortgage rate movements—helped bring life back to the builders fund.
From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026
The main inflation barometer used to set U.S. interest rates rose topped 4% in May for the first time in three years — but price relief might be finally on the way for weary consumers.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
Wall Street’s traditional “fear gauge” might not be the best barometer for this selloff.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026
Research group GfK said its consumer-confidence barometer published Friday with the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions held steady at minus 23 in June.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
Pascal’s Puy-de-Dôme experiment explained the height of the mercury in a barometer by showing that it was directly related to the weight of the air.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing barometer
Physical Geography - Introductory
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