early years

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Greenspan’s monetary actions during the early years of the Clinton administration also played a key role in keeping inflation under control, according to Komal S. Sri-Kumar, head of Sri-Kumar Global Strategies.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

Account for a dip in the market in the early years of retirement, which would disproportionately impact your investments if you need to take money in a downmarket.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

He credits the small-town nondenominational congregants of his early years with living out the kind of communitarian values the rest of the world professes to value but mostly doesn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

A sharp increase in metastatic breast cancer cases in the pandemic’s early years was largely attributed to care delayed by pandemic restrictions, rather than a real increase in incidence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

So according to these data, a child’s school does seem to have a clear impact on his academic progress, at least in the early years.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt