inflation
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These retailers are aggressively courting better-off customers at the same time that their traditional customers are cutting back due to inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
He added that the energy shock from the Iran conflict is likely to push up inflation across Asia given reliance on Middle Eastern fossil-fuel imports.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Hopes of an end to the war, or at least the temporary ceasefire, have eased fears of runaway inflation, lowered market expectations of Bank rate rises, so have led to lower swap rates.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Gas prices are edging toward $4 a gallon on average, putting upward pressure on inflation, which is now at its highest rate in three years.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
“They helped me get started. Now I can return them to you readjusted, because with inflation they’re not worth what they once were.”
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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