That part of inflation due to such disturbances and shocks are statistically isolated from the headline inflation rate. The resultant rate of inflation provides a measure of and an indicator of underlying long-term inflation. We have carried out this exercise for Mauritius.
We have had some difficulties in arriving at a  BIS Review 74/2004  3  specific core inflation rate for Mauritius because the prices of around one-third of the items in our consumption basket are set by Government. Having used two different methods, we obtained a range for our core inflation.