April 22, 2022 12:49 GMT
MNI BRIEF: Canada March Factory Gate Prices Up Most Since 1956
(MNI) Ottawa
(MNI) Ottawa
Prices of goods as they left Canadian factories jumped the most in records back to 1956 on a monthly basis, climbing 4.0% in March, led by petroleum as the Ukraine invasion squeezed global markets.
Statistics Canada's Industrial Price Index climbed 19% from a year earlier, the most since 1974, the agency said Friday. The agency's raw materials index jumped 12% in March and 43% over 12 months.
The results come after BOC Governor Tiff Macklem told reporters Thursday night he wouldn't rule out raising interest rates more than 50bp to fight stubborn inflation.
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