adjustment
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The Fed rarely makes just one adjustment after it concludes a turn toward raising or lowering rates is warranted, because a quarter-point higher or lower doesn’t do much on its own to change borrowing conditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment for 2027 could rise about $71 a month, analysts said after the August consumer-price index was released last week.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
“I never knew what hearing is like so there was never an adjustment for me to make.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Persistent inflation has pushed the projected Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2027 to 3.5%, according to analyst Mary Johnson.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
It is invariably saddening to look through new eyes at things upon which you have expended your own powers of adjustment.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Foundation, which sources some parts from China, is making adjustments to comply.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Warsh gave investors reason to think the same when he said in July he doesn’t put much stock in the Fed’s ability to steer the economy with small adjustments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Committing to the Duo as your main device will require adjustments in your handling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
That requires frequent adjustments to systems such as the tokamak's heating equipment, magnets and gas injectors.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
We in the ANC had to make rapid adjustments to this new situation, and we did so.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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