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Across the year, they project it will average about a quarter.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Currently, that model is forecasting that U.S. inflation will average 2.4% per year over the next decade.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

If the cease-fire doesn’t hold and the strait’s reopening is postponed for a month, Brent crude will average $100 in the fourth quarter, he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

According to the tankan, major manufacturers forecast a roughly 2% drop in ordinary profits this fiscal year, based on the assumption that the dollar will average 148.88 yen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

On comparatively good and level roads these bearers will average four miles an hour: in ascending or descending steep mountains the rate of speed is of course somewhat less.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various