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2005, No. 3
Posted 2005-02-01

Hard “Core” Inflation

by Kristie M. Engemann and Michael T. Owyang

While news reports might lead one to believe that there exists a precise measure of the core inflation rate, there is, in fact, no universally accepted definition. And the core inflation rate that we typically read about might not be the one that best forecasts future inflation.