inflation
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If you use the Rule of 72 with 8% to 10% inflation, your purchasing power halves in less than a decade.
From MarketWatch
Yet as long as inflation persists at elevated levels, the mood of consumers is unlikely to improve much.
From MarketWatch
At 2.7% in the 12 months through November, inflation has been stubbornly elevated for almost half a decade.
Eurozone consumer sentiment unexpectedly weakened in December despite cooling inflation and economic resilience against tariffs, a monthly indicator showed Friday.
In Asia, markets head into the final stretch of the year, with central bank announcements, key inflation and trade data, as well as fresh factory-activity readings.
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