Canadian consumer prices
Some Surprises But Not All in Same Direction
April 18, 2023
Chinese data reported this Tuesday exceeded expectations, but officials cautioned that solid recovery isn’t yet firmly entrenched. Real GDP last quarter rose 2.2% on quarter, and the prior quarter’s change was revised to an increase of 0.6% from the earlier estimated zero percent quarterly growth rate. Year-on-year growth of 4.5% in 1Q was up from […] More
Markets Remain Rattled by Concerns over the Political Direction of the United States
August 18, 2017
The dollar lost 0.5% overnight against the yen, loonie, kiwi and Aussie dollar. The greenback also dipped 0.1% versus the euro, Swissy, yuan and sterling. Japan’s Nikkei dropped 1.2% or 232 points overnight. In other selected markets around the Pacific Rim, stocks lost 1.0% in Hong Kong, 0.9% in India, 0.6% in Australia and 0.5% […] More
Hopeful Week Ending on Cautious Note
January 20, 2012
A dip in risk appetite can be seen in rise of dollar and lower commodities and European equities. The German Dax and Paris Cac have fallen 0.5% and 0.6% from multi-month highs. The dollar has advanced 0.4% against the euro and Swiss franc and is up 0.2% against the Australian and Canadian dollars as well […] More
Subdued Canadian Inflation
September 21, 2010
Canadian CPI inflation slid a tenth to 1.7% last month and has been lower than the 2.0% target since December 2008. Between August 2009 and August 2010, energy prices advanced 5.0% and all other consumer prices went up 1.4%. Core inflation stood at 1.6% in August, same as in July, but the core index only […] More
