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

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

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

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

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

Another familiar objection is framed as an accounting exercise: The effective tariff burden can be made lower than the headline rate if firms substitute products, re-source suppliers or alter configurations.

From The Wall Street Journal