headline rate
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But the headline rate is now above the 0.5% average rate of inflation for this year and 2027 that the Swiss National Bank expected at its last policy meeting in March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 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
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
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 ● Dec. 21, 2025
A marginal dip in the headline rate of inflation would not normally determine much, if anything.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2025
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