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Prices in these categories do not typically come back down.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

The disruption has hit several fuel categories especially hard, with the sharpest declines seen in liquefied petroleum gas, ethane and naphtha—key feedstocks for the petrochemical industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Within those categories, participants were also assigned either a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet or a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

Unlike core PCE, which excludes food and energy, trimmed mean inflation removes extreme price changes across all spending categories.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

"Okay, today in the penny, nickel, and dime categories, we got the old stuff."

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds