volatile
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Core prices receive the most attention because volatile food and energy prices can obscure the underlying trend.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Insurance on the open market is, as you rightly point out, significantly more expensive than employer-sponsored coverage, and ACA premiums can be volatile.
From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026
Staying that way will depend on how much the notoriously volatile industry can make recent changes stick.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
In a bit of good news, a narrower measure of inflation that omits volatile food and energy costs, known as the core PCE, rose 0.2%.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
The telltale sonic boom indicated that the plane had pushed through the volatile transonic region into the state of smoother, all-supersonic flows.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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