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Canada’s inflation rate fell to two per cent in August 2024, Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday, hitting the Bank of Canada’s target.
Slowest pace of growth since February 2021
Canada’s inflation rate fell to two per cent in August 2024, Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday, finally hitting the Bank of Canada’s set target in its campaign to cool price growth.
Last month’s rate marks the slowest pace of growth since February 2021, mostly due to lower gasoline prices, which are considered volatile. With gasoline excluded, the rate came in at 2.2 per cent.
As has long been the case, mortgage interest and rental costs were the largest contributors to the consumer price index in August, though mortgage interest growth is slowing, the data agency noted.
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