economic
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Required investments for the newcomers—in new roads, homes, hospitals and machinery—can hurt overall economic productivity, according to Manning, because that capital could have been used to better equip the existing population.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
"Iran will be constrained by the amount of resources that they can deploy to rebuilding, because they will also have to address basic economic conditions."
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
The fact that inflation is a little higher than it would have been without the oil spike has nudged Treasury yields higher this month, which could slow down economic growth.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Whether the World Cup can actually influence the world's major economic conflict, who knows.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Soon after arriving in Durham, Fuller explained his passionate belief that empowerment was necessary because “there are other kinds of poverty too, in addition to economic deprivation.”
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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Vocabulary lists containing economic
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 1
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Commonly Confused Words, List 1
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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