hike
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To calm the rate of price rises, central banks, including the Bank of England, are expected to hike interest rates in the coming months.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Right now, Wall Street traders are projecting a 17% chance of an interest-rate hike at the October meeting.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
If inflation slows down, chances of a Fed rate hike diminish.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
With inflation rising, DBS expects the RBI to keep the door open to another rate hike in December.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
One unchecked matter was an unfinished letter he had started when we’d taken a hike in Haiti.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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The former soldier added that he normally hikes up the mountain with clients 10 to 15 days a month.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Asked about October’s meeting, she tells Barron’s that policy needs to be restrictive, though she is keeping an open mind about the timing of hikes.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Lindsey Piegza, chief economist at Stifel Financial, thinks it will take a minimum of three or four more interest-rate hikes to get inflation under control.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Markets might have gone too far in pricing in interest-rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, leaving scope for some retracement and a potential relief rally in government bonds, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
On Sundays, Hall sometimes went on hikes or played a little Ping-Pong.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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India's central bank hiked interest rates Wednesday for the first time since 2023 as the Middle East conflict stokes inflation in Asia's third-largest economy and batters a weakened rupee.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Amazon increased some rental prices in July as well, but it hasn’t hiked prices on the A100 since January.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
American Express hiked the fee on its Platinum card by $200 last year to $895, but its Gold card costs only $325.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Just this year, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Apple TV and YouTube Premium have all also hiked their subscription fees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The three others had hiked a great deal and told us all about the trail ahead as far as Maine, which still seemed as distant as the next cosmos.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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Wang Zhoutao runs a hiking business to help people who want to climb China's famous mountain Huangshan in Anhui Province.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Ireland recommended hiking some of the levies but stuck more or less to the commission's original lines, saying the measures it was putting forward would raise 55 billion euros a year.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
Kalem Peter Kazarian, 52, died Monday while hiking on Mt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Luke Tilley, chief economist of Wilmington Trust, said he thinks the Fed is finished hiking and will need to reverse course and cut rates next year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
I think because I mentioned that I had done a bit of hiking in England, he assumed some measure of competence on my part.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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