unanchored

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The experience of the postpandemic inflation surge has made central banks more sensitive to the risk of inflation expectations becoming unanchored.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Expectations became unanchored last year for just a few months, unlike in the 1970s, when doubts that inflation would stay low and steady lasted about a decade.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

During her time at university, Sif said she had felt "very unanchored" while she came to terms with her sexuality.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2024

Yet I worried that those less familiar with “Hamlet,” let alone those more invested in a traditional rendition, would be left unanchored on its heaving sea of meaning.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2023

They spoke quietly of how they wanted to go someday, to move about, free and unanchored, not toward something but away from something.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck