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Explaining further, Budaghyan said that, over the last 30 years, whenever the 2-year U.S. bond yield has crossed above the federal-funds rate, as it has recently done, the Fed has hiked rates.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Whirlpool has hiked prices this year across its range of washers, dryers, refrigerators and stoves—and plans to raise them again in the summer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The Central Bank, which has hiked borrowing costs in a bid to tame price rises, expects annual inflation to ease to Moscow's four-percent target only in 2027.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Favis has hiked the mountain every Sunday for the last two months, and various times before that.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

"So them convicts has hiked over this way already," said the voice of Gettysburg distinctly.

From The Furnace of Gold by Marchand, J. N.