prewar

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With continental inflation tame, the European Central Bank looked to be headed prewar toward interest rates too low for lenders to earn healthy margins.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Also, the increases of 1981-83 were less impressive considering that military spending at the end of the Vietnam War had declined to below prewar levels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Across the Gulf, around half of oil fields have high enough pressure to return to prewar production rates within two weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

“That means prices are not going back to where they were at the end of February anytime soon,” he said, adding that the prewar average was 20 million barrels a day traveling through Hormuz.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Is there anyplace as comforting as an old, institutional, prewar bathroom?

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides