Canada's Annual Inflation Rate Eases to 1.7% in July, Core Measures Stay Firm
Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast the annual inflation rate at 1.8 percent and the monthly inflation rate at 0.3 percent. The CPI increased by 0.3 percent in July from 0.1 percent in June on a monthly basis, Statistics Canada said.
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