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CANADA JAN CPI +1.9% YOY VS PRIOR +1.8% ON Mortgages and GAS

Feb-18 13:30
  • CANADA JAN CPI +1.9% YOY VS PRIOR +1.8% ON MORTGAGES AND GAS
  • CORE RATES QUICKEN: MEDIAN 2.7% FROM 2.6%, TRIM 2.7% FROM 2.5%
  • CANADA JAN CPI +0.1% MOM FROM PRIOR -0.4%

CANADA DATA: Canada Jan CPI +1.9% YOY On Gasoline, Core Measures Accelerate

Feb-18 13:30
  • Canada Jan CPI +1.9% YOY from +1.8% in Dec despite the price drag from the 2-month tax holiday which started on Dec 14.
  • Jan CPI +0.1% MOM vs prior -0.4%.
  • BoC preferred core measures, which exclude the impact of indirect taxes, accelerated. Core median +2.7% from prior +2.6% and core trim +2.7% from +2.5%. 
  • Headline acceleration led by mortgage interest costs (+10% YOY) and gasoline (+8.6%). Prices for new passenger vehicles +2.3% YOY in January vs +0.9% in Dec.
  • The tax holiday lowered inflation for some components. Food -0.6% YOY in Jan, the first yearly decline since May 2017 with food prices from restaurants a record -5.1%. Toys also -6.8%.  
  • Excluding effect of the tax holiday, StatsCan said CPI would have been +2.7% YOY. 
  • StatsCan said CPI for any tariffs will require no adjustments because their effect would be embedded in final prices the agency collects.
  • This is the last CPI report before BoC's interest rate decision meeting on March 12. Investors were split on whether the policy rate would be cut a seventh time in a row.

MNI: CANADA JAN CPI INFLATION +0.1% M/M, +1.9% YY

Feb-18 13:30
  • MNI: CANADA JAN CPI INFLATION +0.1% M/M, +1.9% YY