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volatile

[vol-uh-tl, -til, -tahyl] / ˈvɒl ə tl, -tɪl, -ˌtaɪl /


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Besides these few players, though, there aren’t many winners when the basic building blocks of the global economy get pricier and more volatile.

From The Wall Street Journal

Consumer inflation excluding volatile fresh food prices is expected to have risen 1.7% on year in February, according to a poll by data provider Quick, compared with January’s 2.0% increase.

From The Wall Street Journal

Final sales to private domestic purchasers, which strips out the more volatile inventories and trade components, increased at a 2.4% annualized pace.

From Barron's

That decline helped narrow the monthly goods deficit in the latter half of 2025, although numbers were volatile month to month.

From The Wall Street Journal

Brown says volatile gold swings drove the increase in exports, supported by an another volatile category, aircraft, which surged thanks to big business jet shipments to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal