core inflation
Noun
Meaning
(economics) Inflation excluding the increase or decrease of prices in some sectors (usually food and energy).
(economics, in the Eurozone) Inflation excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco prices.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
Core inflation, which excludes the prices of food, non-alcoholic beverages, petrol and energy, was unchanged at 4.1% year-on-year in February.
Core inflation, mainly reflecting a firming up of manufacturing prices, touched 5.9 percent, or a 44-month high, economists estimated.
Core inflation in May has moved up 0.11% month-on-month and 1.37% year-on-year.
Core inflation in the first quarter of 2015 was about 2 per cent with an underlying trend in inflation at about 1.5 to 1.7 per cent.
Core inflation is still seen holding at a record low and that won't please ECB policymakers surely.