No, they are not.
Here you can see the inflation calculations for both DHF and HBD interest payments.
In order inflation would be
- DHF Payments
- Author/Curation Rewards
- HBD Interest
- Staking Rewards
- Witness Rewards
- DHF Fund (Inflation given to DHF Fund, not HBD paid by DHF)
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