volatile
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“It still increases criminalization. It won’t decrease demand,” she said, adding that clients could become more volatile if they believe they are being watched.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2026
Fed Chair Warsh’s quiet style of communicating interest-rate policy has led to more volatile markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
While energy-price growth slowed sharply in October, core inflation — which strips out volatile food and energy prices — rose even more quickly than expected, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026
In October alone, consumer prices rose by 0.4%, or 0.3% excluding volatile food and energy prices, the Labor Department said Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
He tells her that although they had become estranged, he often thinks of Vincent, “so often volatile and so impassioned, yet for his noble mind and artistic qualities, always worthy of admiration.”
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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