Meanings of watched core in English

Analysts shrugged off the price increases, focusing instead on the closely watched core inflation measure, which excludes food and energy prices.

The closely watched core index, which strips out more volatile food and energy costs, rose 0.4 percent.

Closely watched core prices MXCPIH=ECI, which strip out some volatile food and energy prices, climbed 3.99 percent through early September.

This left a closely watched core measure of retail sales excluding autos and gasoline down by 0.5 per cent in October.

The closely watched core index, which strips out some volatile food and energy prices, was up 0.1 percent during the month.

The closely watched core price index MXCPIH=ECI, which strips out some volatile food and energy prices, climbed 0.28 percent in early November.

But the closely watched core Consumer Price Index, which excludes volatile food and energy costs, rose just 0.2 per cent, matching economist expectations.

The closely watched core rate, which strips out volatile items and the effects of tax changes, rose to 1.8 percent from 1.5 percent in September.