The increase comes after the inflation rate fell in February to 1.8 per cent.
Increase comes after inflation fell to 1.8% in February
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Canada’s annual inflation rate rose to 2.4 per cent in March, Statistics Canada said on Monday.
Economists widely expected higher gas prices from the war in Iran to drive inflation up. A Reuters poll showed economists expected the annual rate of inflation to accelerate to 2.5 per cent in March from 1.8 per cent in February, according to LSEG Data & Analytics.
