The government always imputes, or infers, some prices when it measures monthly consumer inflation, but when you take all these inferences out of the calculation, it still leaves core inflation ...

And if 2026 forecasts are correct, we may have to keep waiting.

While CPI inflation dropped in November, the decline in core inflation to a four-year low really stole the show, with implications beyond policy rate cuts. After a weak labor market report recently, ...

Official forecasts for core inflation remain unchanged, at 0.5 per cent in 2025 and 0.5 per cent to 1.5 per cent in 2026.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will likely retain the core components of the flexible inflation targeting (FIT) framework, ...

Official forecasts for 2025 also remain unchanged, at 0.5% for core inflation and 0.5% to 1% for headline inflation Read more ...

Core inflation, excluding volatile food and energy prices, rose at an annual 3.2 per cent rate in November. This was the lowest since 2021, below expectations and lower than the previous month’s 3.4 ...

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Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital slowed in December on moderating cost pressure for food but stayed above the ...