inflation
Example Sentences
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The UK's rate of inflation has risen, but the chancellor, in response, promised that Britain would this year turn a corner.
From BBC
Yields, which move inversely to prices, have been rising in Japan in anticipation of faster growth and inflation and more government borrowing.
The government said it would pay Mauritius an average of £101m a year for 99 years, which Sir Keir said amounted to a "net cost" of £3.4bn after adjusting for factors including inflation.
From BBC
It was also the last time U.S. inflation ran below 2% — and the last time Americans were untroubled by rising prices.
From MarketWatch
The Federal Reserve, the nation’s inflation watchdog, is approaching an uncomfortable milestone.
From MarketWatch
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