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  "title": "Measures of Underlying Inflation in Sri Lanka",
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  "summary": "During the first half of 2008, Sri Lanka witnessed significantly higher inflation than most other emerging Asian countries. Inflation has since declined amid declining world commodity prices and tight monetary policy.",
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      "content": "- Authors: Souvik Gupta, Magnus Saxegaard  \n- Publication date: August 1, 2009  \n- Series: Working Paper No. 2009/167  \n- Volume: 2009  \n- Issue: 167  \n- Pages: 22  \n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451873146.001  \n- Stock No: WPIEA2009167  \n- ISBN: 9781451873146  \n- ISSN: 1018-5941"
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      "heading": "Background and motivation",
      "content": "- During the first half of 2008, Sri Lanka experienced significantly higher inflation than most other emerging Asian countries.  \n- Inflation subsequently declined amid declining world commodity prices and tight monetary policy.  \n- Given sensitivity to global commodity prices, a core inflation measure could be useful for monetary policy."
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      "content": "- Purpose: To compare the performance of Sri Lanka's existing official measure of core inflation against alternative measures.  \n- Scope: Assessment of the information content of the official core inflation measure with respect to the future path of headline inflation and evaluation of its utility as a communication tool for the Central Bank."
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      "content": "- The existing official measure of core inflation does contain information about the future path of headline inflation.  \n- The existing measure may be inadequate as a communication tool for the Central Bank."
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      "content": "- Subject: Consumer price indexes, Cyclical indicators, Economic growth, Food prices, Fuel prices, Inflation, Prices  \n- Keywords: Consumer price indexes, core inflation, core inflation benefit, core inflation granger, core inflation measure, core inflation rate, Cyclical indicators, Food prices, Fuel prices, headline inflation, Inflation, measure of core inflation, Monetary Policy, Sri Lanka, world commodity price shock, WP\n\nIMF Working Paper: Measures of Underlying Inflation in Sri Lanka (Working Paper No. 2009/167).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- wp09167\n  - wp09167 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - wp09167 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/measures-of-underlying-inflation-in-sri-lanka-23172"
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    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451873146.001",
    "Authors: Souvik Gupta, Magnus Saxegaard",
    "Publication date: August 1, 2009",
    "Series: Working Paper No. 2009/167",
    "Volume: 2009",
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    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451873146.001",
    "Stock No: WPIEA2009167",
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    "During the first half of 2008, Sri Lanka experienced significantly higher inflation than most other emerging Asian countries.",
    "Inflation subsequently declined amid declining world commodity prices and tight monetary policy.",
    "Given sensitivity to global commodity prices, a core inflation measure could be useful for monetary policy.",
    "Purpose: To compare the performance of Sri Lanka's existing official measure of core inflation against alternative measures.",
    "Scope: Assessment of the information content of the official core inflation measure with respect to the future path of headline inflation and evaluation of its utility as a communication tool for the Central Bank.",
    "The existing official measure of core inflation does contain information about the future path of headline inflation.",
    "The existing measure may be inadequate as a communication tool for the Central Bank.",
    "Subject: Consumer price indexes, Cyclical indicators, Economic growth, Food prices, Fuel prices, Inflation, Prices",
    "Keywords: Consumer price indexes, core inflation, core inflation benefit, core inflation granger, core inflation measure, core inflation rate, Cyclical indicators, Food prices, Fuel prices, headline inflation, Inflation, measure of core inflation, Monetary Policy, Sri Lanka, world commodity price shock, WP",
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