Canada CPI
  • Highest since 1991
  • Prior was +4.7%
  • CPI m/m -0.1% vs -0.1% expected (first decline since Dec 2020)
  • Full report

Core measures:

  • Common +2.1% vs +2.1% expected
  • Median +3.0% vs +2.9% expected
  • Trimmed +3.7% vs +3.4% expected

Some highlights y/y:

  • food +5.2%
  • passenger vehicles +7.2%
  • homeowners' home and mortgage insurance +9.3%
  • Excluding gasoline, CPI up 4.0% y/y
  • Services +3.4% y/y vs +2.9% prior
  • Goods +6.8% vs +6.9% prior
  • Wages rose 2.6% y/y

Separately, Canadian wholesale trade increased 3.5% compared to 2.7% expected.

USD/CAD fell to a session low of 1.2450 after the report but there were bids there and it's bounced to 1.2465 afterwards, about back to where it was before the data.