volatile
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Core inflation—which strips out some volatile items—is likely to stay below 4%, reducing the need for the central bank to assume a hawkish stance near-term, DBS said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
In contrast to conventional stocks and bonds, they don’t represent stakes in anything concrete and as a result are extremely volatile.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
The Indonesian oil and gas producer plans to remain prudent and opportunistic in allocating capital amid volatile oil-price environment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
A narrower measure of inflation that omits volatile food and energy costs, known as the core PCE, also rose 0.4%.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
Summertime riots had become an annual event in America’s inner cities, starting with the Los Angeles Watts conflagration in 1965, and the climate in Durham that spring was particularly volatile.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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