prompted

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Faster than expected readings for both factory gate inflation, published Friday, and personal-consumption expenditures inflation, released last week, should have prompted a bond market selloff that took yields higher.

From Barron's

That prompted a complaint to the broadcasting regulator Ofcom, but it was subsequently rejected.

From BBC

The council said it had been engaged in "ongoing discussions" with BP about the future viability of the city as a hydrogen hub, prompted by significant advancements in electric vehicle technology.

From BBC

It is the issue that prompted players to go on strike in 1994, leading to the cancellation of the World Series.

From The Wall Street Journal

Those consequences are already visible in the rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis which prompted Mexico to send tonnes of emergency aid to Cuba, including powdered milk and personal hygiene items.

From BBC