> EDIT: My understanding is that core-inflation isn't about "good or bad for people", its about "good or bad for statisticians". Bad for making decisions. If t

> EDIT: My understanding is that core-inflation isn't about "good or bad for people", its about "good or bad for statisticians". Bad for making decisions. If there's too much noise in a signal you can't steer the ship. If you do try to take action on noisy data, there's a big chance that you'll over- or understeer, especially when effects are slow to be seen.