inflation

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That gauge surged in the 1970s and early 1980s, when inflation and unemployment levels were both elevated, but Kaeppel said it hasn’t been particularly useful as a stock-market indicator for decades.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

Faculty voted to approve the A-cap as part of a yearslong effort to curb grade inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Some participants of the meeting expressed concern at the possibility of a long-term conflict in Iran leading to a sustained energy price surge, potentially "creating a greater tradeoff between the Committee's employment and inflation goals."

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

The model builds on the original “Misery Index,” a measure popularized in the late 1970s, which simply added up the inflation rate and the unemployment rate to gauge economic pain for households.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

In the past twenty-five years, in dollars corrected for inflation, the annual international arms trade has gone from $300 million to much more than $20 billion.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan