hike
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But Isaac Stell, investment manager at asset manager Wealth Club, said an interest rate hike is "the most logical conclusion from today's data combined with last week's blow-out jobs numbers".
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Voters have not rejected a sales tax hike in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The rupiah has been bleeding, and the central bank has no choice but to hike and defend the currency, said Zerlina Zeng at CreditSights.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
An upward move this week would mark the first hike since September 2023, after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine beginning in February of the previous year drove an energy-price spike.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
I’ll hike the route that Mom and Dad would have driven.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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