inflation
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The burst of inflation in the spring crushed average earnings, which barely grew in 2025 as well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The annual inflation rate was 3.4% last month, unchanged from July, but not as bad as it was in May at 4.2%.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
“The commercial importance of diesel makes this rise particularly alarming, with more obvious potential for high diesel prices to bleed into broader inflation than for crude,” analysts at Wolfe Research said in a note Friday.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Before the inflation report, the chances were about 70%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
As inflation ate away at their modest government pensions, Elizebeth spent long hours going over their checkbooks, bank records, and tax forms.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
He added: “I know I could not have been so calm through depressions, inflations, banking and currency crises, wars and political disruptions.”
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 18, 2026
Dr Chris Provan, the chair of RCGPs in Scotland, said: "Nationally, many GP practices are experiencing dire financial headwinds owing to historic underinvestment, the impact of inflations, and the impending national insurance contributions."
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2025
But Sotheby’s lawyers said that, while Rybolovlev and Sazonov had reason to be angry, they should blame themselves for failing to take reasonable measures to protect Rybolovlev from any price inflations.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
The second round showed inflations of between 28% and 42%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
But nothing ever came of these little alarms, so that gradually the inflations grew less and less extensive.
From Heart's Desire by Emerson Hough
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