Canada February CPI 5.2% versus 5.4% expected

• Prior report 5.9% (were expecting 6.1% at the time)
• CPI MoM 0.4% vs 0.5% expected.
• Prior MoM 0.5%
• food prices rose 10.6% year-over-year for the seventh consecutive month of double digit increases
• energy prices fell -0.6% year-over-year following a 5.4% increase in January. Gasoline prices fell -4.7% the first yearly decline since January 2021

Core measures

• CPI YoY core 4.7% vs 4.8% expected.
• Prior core YoY 5.0%
• CPI core MoM 0.3% vs 0.1% last month
• Median 4.9% versus a 5.0% last month
• Trim 4.8% vs 5.1% last month
• Common 6.4% vs 6.6% last month

The CPI year on year is at its lows level since April 2020.

The year-over-year deceleration in February 2023 was due to a base-year effect, for the second consecutive month, which is attributable to a steep monthly increase in prices in February 2022 which rose +1.0%.

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