overshoot
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A Bank of Japan policymaker has warned that Middle East tensions could cause underlying inflation to overshoot the BOJ’s target, offering another signal that rate hikes are around the corner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
It remains entirely conceivable that our mid-year forecast of the 4.5% area is very achievable, but for now we’re undeniably looking up in yield, and we remain in an overshoot tendency,” he said.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
The typical consequence is that bond rallies tend to overshoot, with the result that they reverse in the subsequent month.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 20, 2026
The Fed typically hesitates to respond to price spikes caused by changes in energy prices, which are known for being bumpy, but she said the persistent overshoot might make that "harder to do this time".
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
Jason and Frank were forced to overshoot the Argo II and fly toward Fort Sumter.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
And the high fixed costs encourage producers to run fabs at full capacity—even when supply overshoots demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
The implication is clear: Central banks are preparing the public for a world in which inflation persistently overshoots 2%.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
Even if the company overshoots its needs, it would “simply grow into the capacity over time,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 11, 2026
“Sometimes it overshoots and then it will actually tank, which will make you feel less energetic.”
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2023
What corresponds to the inertia whereby it overshoots its mark?
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889 by Various
“While the single-family-home market is still recovering from the COVID-era shock, the condo market has overshot its baseline considerably,” Berner said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
UnitedHealth’s latest quarterly earnings and revenue overshot analysts’ expectations.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
On one where Armstrong flew above Earth’s atmosphere, he struggled to trigger a safety system designed to limit the intense forces pilots experience and overshot his runway by about 45 miles, ending up over Pasadena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
“We think the market has overshot, but pricing a couple of hikes would not be wildly disproportionate, given that the energy shock could now trigger second-round effects,” Pantheon economists said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
MR-2, with Ham the chimpanzee as its passenger, overshot the landing spot by sixty miles and was nearly underwater when it was finally plucked from the ocean.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
In the report, the BOJ emphasized the importance of stabilizing underlying inflation around 2% to reduce the risk of overshooting its target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
That forecast sees inflation overshooting the ECB's two-percent inflation target this year and next.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Marc Cabana, head of U.S. rates strategy at Bank of America Securities, thinks the Fed has let too many reserves roll off its balance sheet — essentially overshooting the dock.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2025
Although there have been no plane crashes in Nigeria for several years, there have been cases of aircraft overshooting the runway and tyres bursting during landing.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
The cars disappeared into the distance, overshooting as she skimmed the iron vein.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
