October 14, 2024 17:51 GMT
CANADA: RBC See Traditional Core Inflation Steady At 2.4% Y/Y
CANADA
- RBC expect “falling energy prices in September likely pushed Canadian inflation even lower than in August when the headline consumer price index fell to the BoC’s 2% target for the first time in more than three years.”
- They see headline CPI easing two tenths to 1.8% Y/Y, “while the sub-index that strips out more volatile food and energy components held steady at 2.4%.”
- “BoC’s preferred core inflation measures (CPI trim, median and ‘supercore’) are expected to on balance have dropped lower on a three-month annualized basis. This signals price pressures continued to unwind in line with a very weak near-term outlook for the economy. GDP growth in Q3 is on track to disappoint, even with the population still growing at an abnormally fast rate.”
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