Canada, Inflation and Core Measures Ease
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Canadians have been taking a hard hit from inflation over the last few months, but data shows the CPI has finally eased in June.
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Bank of Canada keeps key interest rate at 2.25% as it tries to balance competing economic risks
The central bank was largely expected to hold its benchmark rate at 2.25 — a fifth consecutive hold. Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem said the decision to stay on pause was made in effort to balance inflation threats from high oil prices,
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The Bank of Canada will hold its overnight rate at 2.25% on July 15 and keep it there well into next year as price pressures remain largely contained and the economy gradually recovers, a Reuters poll showed.
Canada’s annual inflation rate decelerated more sharply than anticipated in June, driven by a substantial pull-back in global energy prices and a notable cooling in underlying core metrics. The consumer price index rose 2.