Core Inflation
Inflation measure that excludes volatile items such as food and energy to show underlying price trends.
Inflation terms for headline inflation, core inflation, underlying inflation, and cost of living.
Headline, Core, and Cost-of-Living Inflation covers inflation, disinflation, deflation, price indexes, purchasing power, indexation, real-versus-nominal measures, and inflation expectations used in finance.
Use these pages when price changes affect interest rates, real returns, margins, wages, pensions, contracts, purchasing power, valuation inputs, or monetary-policy expectations. It sits inside Inflation Measurement and Price Indexes, so readers can move up when the broader economics context matters.
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| Area | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Core Inflation | Inflation measure that excludes volatile items such as food and energy to show underlying price trends. |
| Cost of Living | Cost of living is the amount required to pay for basic expenses in a location or period, often compared through price indexes. |
| Headline Inflation | Inflation measure covering the full consumer price basket, including volatile food and energy components. |
| Underlying Rate of Inflation | The underlying rate of inflation estimates the persistent inflation trend after removing temporary or volatile price movements. |
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Inflation measure that excludes volatile items such as food and energy to show underlying price trends.
Cost of living is the amount required to pay for basic expenses in a location or period, often compared through price indexes.
Inflation measure covering the full consumer price basket, including volatile food and energy components.
The underlying rate of inflation estimates the persistent inflation trend after removing temporary or volatile price movements.