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headline inflation

headline inflation noun: a measure of the total inflation within an economy, including commercial products such as food and energy prices (e.g. oil and gas), which are often prone to fluctuations and inflationary spikes.

Noun

headline inflation (usually uncountable, plural headline inflations)

  1. (usually) A measure of the total inflation within an economy, including commercial products such as food and energy prices (e.g. oil and gas), which are often prone to fluctuations and inflationary spikes.

Forms of headline inflation

pluralheadline inflations

Questions about headline inflation

What does headline inflation mean?
Headline inflation means a measure of the total inflation within an economy, including commercial products such as food and energy prices (e.g. oil and gas), which are often prone to fluctuations and inflationary spikes.
What part of speech is headline inflation?
Headline inflation is a noun.
What is the plural of headline inflation?
The plural of headline inflation is headline inflations.

Words near headline inflation in the dictionary

  1. headlighting
  2. headlightings
  3. headlights
  4. headlike
  5. headline
  6. headline inflation
  7. headline inflations
  8. headline style
  9. headline-ese
  10. headline-grabber
  11. headline-grabbers

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