headline rate
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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 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
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
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
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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