edged
Example Sentences
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The dollar traded flat while Treasury yields edged higher ahead of a U.S. consumer inflation print for February due Wednesday.
An index of the market’s seven largest stocks, in fact, has edged only 0.8% higher over the past six months, and has fallen more than 8% since late October.
From Barron's
Compounding the downbeat mood was news Friday that the US economy unexpectedly lost jobs in February, while unemployment edged up.
From Barron's
China’s foreign-exchange reserves edged up in February, as policymakers keep a wary eye on the spillover effect of the war in Iran on global financial markets.
U.S. equity futures edged down slightly as traders neared the close of a week in which war in the Middle East shocked energy markets and raised inflation fears.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
