underlie

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The underlying composition of inflation has improved, she said.

From Barron's

Miran also pushed back on a question about whether the investigation might damage the Fed’s credibility in fighting inflation, arguing that underlying economic trends are already pushing inflation down on their own.

From The Wall Street Journal

A trader’s required collateral scales with the total value of the underlying silver the contract represents, rather than being a static dollar amount, he said.

From MarketWatch

But economists caution that the underlying picture for consumption could be mixed.

From Barron's

With a concurrent increase in the money supply, the lower interest rates for corporate borrowers “should be a benefit to the underlying growth fundamentals,” he said.

From MarketWatch