volatile
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“Tightening liquidity at the same time that megacap tech companies are seeking to raise hundreds of billions of dollars is leading to a fragile and volatile market environment,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
—European indexes edged higher at market open in cautious early trade, as most sectors rose though software stocks continued their volatile run.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Core CPI inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, came in at 2.9 percent in May, up from 2.8 percent the month before.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The Club World Cup last year was British football fans' first experience of volatile weather in the US.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Whereas Jackson tended toward a more volatile and pulpit-thumping style reminiscent of an itinerant Presbyterian minister in the revivalistic mode, Smith preferred the more measured cadences of the South Carolina aristocrat steeped in Ciceronian formalities.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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