inflationary
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The central bank left rates unchanged for a ninth consecutive quarter in June, saying it expected inflationary pressure to remain moderate and economic growth to stay robust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Adding to the inflationary pressure, the artificial-intelligence build-out has led to shortages of memory and storage chips, and that in turn is driving up prices for some consumer electronics items.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
A combination of inflationary pressures appears to be behind a recent selloff in stock prices for restaurant operators.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
The surge in crude prices has lifted gasoline and diesel prices, adding to inflationary pressure from higher energy costs and threatening to reduce the purchasing power of consumers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
So even the inflationary model does not tell us why the initial configuration was not such as to produce something very different from what we observe.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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