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 elevated, said Steve Englander, head of North America Macro ...

Inflation and the EconomyInflation is one of the most important and frequently discussed economic topics. Economists, policymakers, and the public care about inflation because it leads to the

December CPI preview: forecasts for headline and core inflation, post-shutdown measurement quirks, and what it could mean for the Fed—read now.

OTTAWA--The Bank of Canada is exploring new ways to measure core inflation that could exclude mortgage-interest costs from the calculation, says a senior Bank of Canada official. Deputy governor Rhys Mendes said its preferred measures of core inflation ...

Canada’s inflation held at 2.2% in November, below expectations, as higher food prices were offset by slower services growth, Statistics Canada said Dec. 15. Core measures cooled, with the Bank of Canada’s preferred gauges easing to 2.8% year over year ...

Policy expert Justin Amase says rebasing drove inflation rate decline despite continued cost-of-living pressures.