Canada’s consumer price index rose 1.8 per cent in December from the year before, less than the 1.9 per cent increase expected by economists, giving the Bank of Canada a final data point before it ...
Ottawa, Canada — Canadian inflation fell 0.1 percentage ... of moving pieces and temporary factors playing out in the inflation data at the moment.” Despite this volatility, most economists ...
Canada's annual inflation rate slowed in December, data showed on Tuesday, helped by a sales tax break which kicked off from the mid of the month and brought down prices of alcohol, restaurant foods ...
OTTAWA--Canadian inflation cooled for a second month ... games and hobby supplies also fell in December. Statistics Canada will release retail sales data for November later this week.
1:40 Canada’s tax ‘holiday’ has had mixed results, businesses say December’s inflation data offered a mixed bag to the Bank of Canada as it gears up for its first interest rate decision of ...
The Bank of Canada expected a cooling in inflation as result of the tax break, which is set to end in mid-February. Tuesday’s inflation reading is the last major economic data release before the ...
Here’s what economists think the data means for the Bank of Canada and interest rates. Canadians should expect some inflation volatility and a rebound above two per cent in March once the effects of ...
OTTAWA, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Canada's annual inflation rate slowed in December, data showed on Tuesday, helped by a sales tax break which kicked off in the middle of the month and brought down ...
Statistics Canada on Tuesday said the federal government’s GST/HST tax holiday on certain goods, including food at restaurants and alcoholic drinks, contributed to slower inflation growth in the month ...