headline rate
Britishnoun
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“We expect the headline rate to rise further over the coming quarters,” said Ankita Amajuri, economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
It has a headline rate of 78%, which is taken whether oil and gas prices are high or low.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The headline rate continues to be distorted by a surge in electricity price inflation, reflecting the phasing out of government energy rebates, the data showed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
That would be up from December’s year-over-year headline rate of 2.7% and core rate of 2.6%, which were released on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026
But rather than spike and decline, like the headline rate, the actual rate of tariffs paid has risen gradually from around 5% in March to 14.1% by the end of September, the professors wrote.
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025
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