Inflation rises slightly in January despite tax holiday
Global News
Statistics Canada said Tuesday that the annual pace of inflation rose slightly to 1.9 per cent last month, up one-tenth of a percentage point from December.
Consumer prices in Canada rose slightly in January, defying analyst expectations.
Statistics Canada said Tuesday that the annual pace of inflation rose to 1.9 per cent last month, down one-tenth of a percentage point from December. However, inflation remained below the Bank of Canada’s target of two per cent.
Royal Bank of Canada economists Nathan Janzen and Claire Fan had said Friday the GST/HST holiday, which lasted from December 9 to February 15, could affect the inflation readings for January.
“The tax holiday will continue to muddy inflation readings until March when we can get a cleaner read of the consumer price index that are clear of distortions,” Janzen and Fan said in a report Friday.
The RBC report said price growth continues to be disproportionately impacted by high growth in mortgage interest costs. While the inflation figures on Tuesday remained below the Bank of Canada’s two per cent target, the central bank warned that retaliatory tariffs by Canada and other nations against the U.S. could also cause a period of inflation.
“While retaliatory tariffs would likely represent a one-time increase in the level of prices, members noted that, given the size of the shock, there was a risk that higher import prices could feed into other prices,” the report said.
“If this leads to an increase in inflation expectations, it could generate higher ongoing inflation,” a Bank of Canada report said last week.
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