volatile
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The past several years have left BP investors, employees and competitors marveling at how much upheaval one company—already subject to the forces of a volatile sector—can produce from within.
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
Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core PCE prices rose by 0.2%.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
It also benefited from stronger profits from volatile trading conditions.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
"The whole park is so volatile that it’s essentially impossible to draw conclusions from almost anything that happens."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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