consumption
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The upshot of Tuesday’s producer price data is that key PPI components that feed into the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the personal consumption expenditures price index, were more mixed than expected.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
“At this point, we assume a headwind to consumption, inflation and Fed rate considerations, probably manageable so long as the current cease-fire trends to a wind down of hostilities over the next several weeks.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
Around a fifth of global oil consumption passes through the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Traditionally, research has focused on high fat consumption as the main driver of weight gain.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
The dread of tuberculosis was in every home then, because there was not a family that had not lost one of its members to consumption, so Clara decided to go and fetch her.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Vocabulary lists containing consumption
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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