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Still, "recession risks are easing as oil prices moderate and the probability of worst-case scenarios fades", wrote Matthew Martin of Oxford Economics.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

That’s partly because the Fed’s monthly purchases of short-term T- bills are easing strains in overnight funding markets, while also keeping long-term rates steady by extension.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 4, 2026

The number of people using food banks by next Christmas will be an important indicator about whether cost of living pressures are easing.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

Investors, though, are confident that inflation pressures are easing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

Then they sat and gossiped together very pleasantly, like men that are easing their hearts and loosening their belts over trencher and stoup, after a hard day's darg.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)