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Comparing Two Measures of Core Inflation: PCE Excluding Food & Energy vs. the Trimmed Mean PCE Index

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The goal of this note is to provide an assessment of two of the most commonly used indicators of core inflation: the PCE price index excluding food and energy (an exclusion index), and the Dallas Fed trimmed mean PCE price index (a central-tendency statistical measure).

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  • Matteo Luciani & Riccardo Trezzi, 2019. "Comparing Two Measures of Core Inflation: PCE Excluding Food & Energy vs. the Trimmed Mean PCE Index," FEDS Notes 2019-08-02-1, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedgfn:2019-08-02-1
    DOI: 10.17016/2380-7172.2390
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    1. Helen Lao & Ceciline Steyn, 2019. "A Comprehensive Evaluation of Measures of Core Inflation in Canada: An Update," Discussion Papers 2019-9, Bank of Canada.
    2. Carlomagno, Guillermo & Fornero, Jorge & Sansone, Andrés, 2023. "A proposal for constructing and evaluating core inflation measures," Latin American Journal of Central Banking (previously Monetaria), Elsevier, vol. 4(3).
    3. Guillermo Carlomagno & Jorge Fornero & Andrés Sansone, 2021. "Toward a general framework for constructing and evaluating core inflation measures," Working Papers Central Bank of Chile 913, Central Bank of Chile.
    4. Behailu Shiferaw Benti, 2021. "Was the Interest Rate Policy of the ECB too Loose? Insight from a Simple Taylor Rule," Eurasian Journal of Economics and Finance, Eurasian Publications, vol. 9(1), pages 19-28.
    5. Nakagawa, Kei & Sakemoto, Ryuta, 2023. "Do commodity factors work as inflation hedges and safe havens?," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 58(PD).
    6. Dietrich, Alexander M., 2023. "Consumption categories, household attention, and inflation expectations: Implications for optimal monetary policy," University of Tübingen Working Papers in Business and Economics 157, University of Tuebingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, School of Business and Economics.
    7. Cristina Conflitti, 2020. "Alternative measures of underlying inflation in the euro area," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) 593, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
    8. Randal J. Verbrugge, 2021. "Is It Time to Reassess the Focal Role of Core PCE Inflation?," Working Papers 21-10, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.

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