offset
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The bad news is that the birth rate is not high enough to offset an acute population decline, and Japan is not very open to immigration.
From MarketWatch
Medtronic MDT -1.38%decrease; red down pointing triangle said profit fell in its fiscal third quarter as costs rose and the company invested more money into the business, offsetting higher revenue.
A 2% appreciation in the currency could trim earnings by about 5%, assuming no hedging, though this may be offset by firmer aluminium prices.
“When combined with our other mitigation tactics, our goal in ’26 is to offset the dollar impact of high tariffs,” Chief Executive Tim Boyle said in an earnings call earlier this month.
Investors wrapped up an unusual week in the stock market, with surprisingly strong job gains for January and an easing annual rate of consumer-price inflation offset by jitters about artificial intelligence’s capacity to destroy industries.
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