volatile

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This doesn't include food or energy prices because they tend to be very volatile, so can be a better indication of longer-term trends.

From BBC

Traditional underlying inflation excluding volatile food and energy costs edged up, rising 0.1 percentage point to 2.5% on a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fewer people have responded to the survey in recent years, which makes the results more volatile than in the past.

From BBC

Core inflation, a measure that excludes the more volatile food and energy prices, fell even more steeply, from 3.2% to 2.6%.

From The Wall Street Journal

For the Russell 2000, whose earnings are more volatile and are still climbing back from recession, this year’s growth is pegged at 66%.

From Barron's