Canada's annual inflation rate showed a surprise jump to 2.6% in February surpassing expectations as a sales tax break that ...

Canada's annual inflation rate showed a surprise jump to 2.6% in February, surpassing expectations as a sales tax break that ...

The upside surprise comes less than a week after the Bank of Canada cut its policy rate for the seventh consecutive time, to 2.75 per cent. Financial markets trimmed their bets on another cut at the ...

The annual rate of inflation ticked up last month as a temporary “tax holiday” ended, Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday. Consumer prices in Canada went up to 2.6 per cent in February ...

Inflation in Canada grew at the fastest pace in eight months, further limiting the central bank’s ability to cut interest ...

Together, these factors pushed prices up. Many Canadians, particularly those on fixed incomes, struggled. To bring inflation back down to 2%, the Bank of Canada decisively raised the policy interest ...

Every month, Statistics Canada publishes new inflation figures. Generally speaking, when people refer to the inflation rate, they’re speaking about the annual percentage change in CPI for all items.

Canada’s inflation rate ticked up in March but stayed within ... which slowed compared with February on a yearly basis. On a monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.6 per cent in March.

OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada's annual inflation rate showed a surprise jump to 2.6 ... Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast the yearly inflation at 2.2% and 0.6% on a monthly basis in February.

OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada's annual inflation rate showed a surprise jump to 2.6% in February ... Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast the yearly inflation at 2.2% and 0.6% on a monthly basis in ...

TORONTO (Reuters) -Canada's annual inflation rate rose to a higher than expected 2.6% in February, on broad-based increases, including the end of the GST/HST holiday on food and certain other items, ...