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But as inflation has lingered at higher levels following the Covid-19 pandemic, rising rates are again the primary threat to equities, suggesting a potential 10% correction could be in the offing.
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2025
In Germany, where an election is in the offing, there has also been talk of cuts.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
The Education Department is on edge, fearing a self-decapitation mandate is in the offing.
—Simon Shuster, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
That lesson, combined with the court’s three most recent cases on religion and schools, suggests more change may be in the offing when the justices issue their decision – likely in late June.
—Charles J. Russo, The Conversation, 31 Jan. 2025
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2025
In Germany, where an election is in the offing, there has also been talk of cuts.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
The Education Department is on edge, fearing a self-decapitation mandate is in the offing.
—Simon Shuster, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
That lesson, combined with the court’s three most recent cases on religion and schools, suggests more change may be in the offing when the justices issue their decision – likely in late June.
—Charles J. Russo, The Conversation, 31 Jan. 2025
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“In the offing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20offing. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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