nominal
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“I don’t believe that the Fed is in a position to hike this year when nominal wage growth is still a bit below the current target federal-funds rate of 3.5% to 3.75%.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 7, 2026
The department’s funding is now flat with pre-pandemic levels when adjusted for inflation, and well above it in nominal dollars.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
"I wouldn't call it nominal orbital insertion," Huot said.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
"I wouldn't call it nominal orbital insertion," company spokesperson Dan Huot said, adding however that it was "within bounds" of a previously analyzed trajectory.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
The nominal first boat, Joe’s, kept coming in third.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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