hike
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While expectations for a rate hike this month have receded, Fed boss Kevin Warsh warned Tuesday that it was still too early to celebrate.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Investors breathed a sigh of relief at the data and pared their bets on a Fed rate hike this month, though analysts warned the latest US-Iran flare-up could complicate matters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
“As data center development threatens to hike up utility bills, deplete our natural resources, and create uncertainty for New Yorkers, it’s my responsibility to take action and lead,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
June’s CPI report, though, should ease worries about a rate hike in July.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
It takes us longer to hike up than the last time I came here with Babs, because Eddie needs to stop a lot to rest her leg.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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While the central bank has a longer run inflation target of 2.0 percent, cost hikes have been higher than that level for around five years.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Substrates, after memory, are likely to enjoy highest price increases in current cost-inflation environment, and price hikes are just escalating, the analysts note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Similarly, some economists emphasize that the steep tariff hikes have had only a small measured impact on overall U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Future hikes are anticipated, and with Xbox moving out of the picture, their efforts to monopolize the market seem likely to be rewarded and they’ll simply weather the complaints.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
His father, who has a decent manufacturing job, often takes the boy on nature hikes.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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Nor was she in the mood to admit that her relationship with business had worsened after she hiked National Insurance tax for employers.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Soon after the World Cup started, Russo hiked the Camino de Santiago route in northern Spain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
In addition, there was an element of demand destruction, especially in Asia, where flights were canceled, rationing was imposed and import duties on oil were hiked, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
BlackBerry hiked its fiscal 2027 profit forecast, but analysts maintain a cautious average Hold.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
I left the spectators at the edge of the arc and hiked into the rocks, the way Fred and I had done so many times at Folly Cove, feeling out each step before committing.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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Not long after, the Bank of Japan surprised markets by hiking rates and delivering a hawkish press conference.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
That argues for a modest correction rather than a full-fledged hiking campaign: The Fed would take back insurance that is no longer needed, then stop and reassess.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The pair are thought to have been out hiking when they were caught up in the blaze, which spread rapidly through the province on Thursday.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
But in hiking it so dramatically, Vienna risks widening the price gap with Prague and Budapest -- with visitors to the Czech capital paying only around two euros a night.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
I don’t mean to suggest that hiking the AT drives you potty, just that it takes a certain kind of person to do it.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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