How do you differentiate between Headline and Core Inflation Headline inflation is published by RBI ...........

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How do you differentiate between Headline and Core Inflation?

Headline inflation is published by RBI whereas Core inflation is published by Central Statistical Organization (CSO).
Headline inflation is calculated from a base year, whereas Core inflation takes the current financial year as the base year.
Core inflation excludes food and energy from the calculations, Headline inflation includes these figures.

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Explanation:

Headline inflation contains all the of CPI basket including items like food and oil, whose prices are highly volatile. Core inflation excludes volatile items from the CPI basket. It thus gives a more real data, a clearer picture of the production trends in the economy for the policymakers, while headline inflation is more of concern to the common man, who gets affected with the prices of articles of daily consumption.