inflation
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Investment is highly sensitive to interest rates: When the Fed wants to slow the economy, it raises rates, dampening investment, growth, and inflation.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
U.S. price inflation hit a three-year high of 4.2% in May.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026
She said sentiment overall remains downbeat, with concerns focused on a recent pickup in inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Gold’s decline stems from surging inflation, a tech stock rally, and the unwinding of the “debasement trade” by investors.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
Some of them make no more than the steelworkers pulled down in the 1970s—in real dollars, not dollars adjusted for inflation.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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