Meanings
nouncore inflation (usually uncountable, plural core inflations)
plural core inflations
- uncountableusuallyeconomicsInflation excluding the increase or decrease of prices in some transitory sectors (usually food and energy).
So-called core inflation is still rising. Signs of everyday decay – suddenly reduced postal services, the dependably dire state of public transport, local councils hitting the financial skids – are everywhere.
2023 June 25, John Harris, “Britain is used to crises now. But this widespread hopelessness is new – and frightening”, in The Guardian, →ISSN - uncountableusuallyeconomicsInflation excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco prices.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 核心通貨膨脹 /核心通货膨胀, 核心通貨膨脹 /核心通货膨胀
- 核心通貨膨脹 /核心通货膨胀 (héxīn tōnghuò péngzhàng)inflation excluding the increase or decrease of prices in some sectors
- 核心通貨膨脹 /核心通货膨胀 (héxīn tōnghuò péngzhàng)Eurozone: inflation excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco prices
Finnish pohjainflaatio, pohjainflaatio
- pohjainflaatioinflation excluding the increase or decrease of prices in some sectors
- pohjainflaatioEurozone: inflation excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco prices
French inflation sous-jacente, inflation sous-jacente
- inflation sous-jacenteinflation excluding the increase or decrease of prices in some sectors
- inflation sous-jacenteEurozone: inflation excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco prices
German Kerninflation, Kerninflation
- Kerninflationinflation excluding the increase or decrease of prices in some sectors
- KerninflationEurozone: inflation excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco prices
Greek δομικός πληθωρισμός
- δομικός πληθωρισμός (domikós plithorismós)Eurozone: inflation excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco prices
Cite this entry
APA
core inflation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/core%20inflation
MLA
“core inflation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/core%20inflation. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “core inflation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/core%20inflation.
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