headline rate

British  

noun

1. a basic rate of inflation, taxation, etc, before distorting factors have been removed

   the headline rate of inflation

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Example Sentences

By the end of the year, the headline rate of inflation, which includes food and energy prices, is forecast to fall to 5.1 percent, the central bank forecast.

From New York Times

With the year-on-year decline in crude oil prices still running at about 30%, that relatively benign picture is unlikely to be disturbed by U.S. producer price inflation numbers due later on Thursday, with forecasts for a drop in that headline rate to 2.4% from 2.7%.

From Reuters

The headline rate of inflation has dropped from its peak of 10.6 percent in October, and last month the core rate, which excludes energy and food prices, was slightly lower at 5.6 percent.

From New York Times

The readings for core, or underlying, inflation, such as the widely-tracked Consumer Price Index excluding food and energy, are showing greater persistence than the headline rate after price pressures spread from goods into slower-moving items, such as wages and services.

From Reuters

And the headline rate of inflation is still high compared with international peers.

From New York Times