inflation
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Elsewhere, their consensus was close but slightly off—core inflation came in hotter than expected, while interest rates were lower.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
In the era of dynamic pricing and electronic points of sale, the technology exists to provide almost minute-by-minute inflation readings that would allow for a far more accurate, up-to-date consumer price index.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
The investment plan is meant to replace decade-long "equipment plans" released on a rolling yearly basis until 2022, when the then-Conservative government halted publication whilst it assessed the effect of "extraordinary inflation" on its plans.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
It raised its consensus for year-end core inflation, based on the price index of personal-consumption expenditures, to 2.9% from 2.6% in January.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Some of them make no more than the steelworkers pulled down in the 1970s—in real dollars, not dollars adjusted for inflation.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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