By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Consumer prices in Canada rose at a faster-than-expected pace of 2.4% in December, largely due to the base-year effect from last year's sales tax break, but ...

Canada's inflation rate ticked up to 2.4 per cent in December compared to the same period last year, when the federal government implemented a GST break that brought some prices down, Statistics ...

Headline inflation quickened to 2.4% in December, Statistics Canada data showed on Monday. That was above the median projection in a Bloomberg survey of economists of 2.2%.

OTTAWA — Inflation closed out 2025 with a surprise uptick, but economists weighing in Monday argued there was little cause for concern under the hood to warrant a change in interest rates from the ...

Food prices in Canada rose 6.2% year over year in December, with grocery store prices up 5.0% and restaurant prices jumping 8.5%. That alone would be troubling. What makes it more alarming is that ...

Central bank’s mandate is to keep inflation stable and predictable; its primary tool is adjusting the policy interest rate ...

Canada’s central statistics agency changed the date it plans to publish a major inflation print after economists warned against releasing the data while the country’s financial markets are closed for ...

Jimmy Jean, vice-president, chief economist and strategist for the Desjardins Group, talks to the Financial Post’s Larysa ...

The USD/CAD exchange rate has bounced back in the past few weeks, moving from a low of 1.3640 to the current 1.3915, it highest level since December 5. This article explores what is moving the pair ...

Investing.com -- Statistics Canada has changed the date for its next consumer price index release to February 17, after ...