Year-over-year

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Compared to the same time period in the previous year (for example, monthly inflation). not-comparable

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y-o-yy/yyoy

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"The average rent growth, year-over-year, is about 3-to-5%. We're seeing 11% rent growth now, so, clearly, way above trends we’ve had in the past."

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