headline rate
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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 lower-than-expected headline rate and the sharp drop in core inflation reduce the likelihood of a rise in the key interest rate at the central bank’s June meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
As of Friday, inflation traders were braced for the consumer-price index’s annual headline rate to be at or above 3% through next February.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 13, 2026
The headline rate of unemployment was 5.1% in September through November, unchanged compared with the three months through October, the U.K.’s Office for National Statistics said Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
The last CPI reading put the annual headline rate at 3%, a touch lighter than Wall Street’s 3.1% forecast but still well north of the Fed’s 2% target.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025
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