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Inflation Talk Returns to Earnings Calls in Echo of 2022 Shock

Bloomberg Markets Monday 02 November 2026, 10:19 UTC By Sagarika Jaisinghani 1 min read
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Inflation Talk Returns to Earnings Calls in Echo of 2022 Shock Inflation is top of mind for Corporate America this earnings season, with mentions on earnings calls on track for their biggest jump since the 2022 price shock. S&P 500 executives are set to cite the word, or related terms like cost pressure, more than 1,100 times in discussing third-quarter results, according to Bloomberg projections based on current data. That would be the biggest year-on-year change since mid-2022, when the US...

Inflation Talk Returns to Earnings Calls in Echo of 2022 Shock Inflation is top of mind for Corporate America this earnings season, with mentions on earnings calls on track for their biggest jump since the 2022 price shock. S&P 500 executives are set to cite the word, or related terms like cost pressure, more than 1,100 times in discussing third-quarter results, according to Bloomberg projections based on current data. That would be the biggest year-on-year change since mid-2022, when the US consumer price index had surged to over 9%.
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