headline rate

British

noun

a basic rate of inflation, taxation, etc, before distorting factors have been removed

the headline rate of inflation

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The headline rate of unemployment crept up to 5.1% in August-October, from 5.0% in the three months through September, Britain’s Office for National Statistics said Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal

It showed the annual headline rate of inflation rising to 3%, keeping alive worries about future price gains.

From MarketWatch

The last CPI reading put the annual headline rate at 3%, a touch lighter than Wall Street’s 3.1% forecast but still well north of the Fed’s 2% target.

From Barron's

A marginal dip in the headline rate of inflation would not normally determine much, if anything.

From BBC

UK inflation was steady in June, with the headline rate at the Bank of England's target rate of 2%.

From BBC

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