Measuring core inflation: notes from a 2007 Dallas Fed conference

Abstract

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.Inflation (Finance) ; Monetary policy ; Price indexes ; Price levels