upshot
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The upshot of this scenario is spelled out clearly: It could add to inflation and reduce growth.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
There was no political upshot of these remarks.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
The upshot of Tuesday’s producer price data is that key PPI components that feed into the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the personal consumption expenditures price index, were more mixed than expected.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
So the upshot for a bank is that lending to a financial intermediary that makes certain loans, even at a lower yield, can be much more profitable than making those loans itself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
The upshot is that your computations are necessarily based on a series of nested assumptions, any of which could be a source of contention.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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