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Measuring core inflation: notes from a 2007 Dallas Fed conference

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Jim Dolmas
Mark A. Wynne

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In May 2007, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas hosted a conference, organized with the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, titled "Price Measurement for Monetary Policy." The conference broadly focused on two issues - the measurement of core inflation and the measurement of inflation expectations. This paper summarizes the conference papers on core inflation.

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Keywords: Inflation (Finance) ; Monetary policy ; Price indexes ; Price levels;

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