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What Canadians Are Spending More On, and Less On, Compared With Last Year

What Canadians Are Spending More On, and Less On, Compared With Last Year
A customer browses at a Metro grocery store In Toronto on Feb. 2, 2024. The Canadian Press/Cole Burston
Chandra Philip
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Canada’s consumer price index (CPI) rose just 2 percent from August 2023 to August 2024, the slowest increase in overall prices Canadians have seen in over three years, says Statistics Canada.

Lower gasoline prices are partly responsible for the deceleration in inflation, StatCan said in a Sept. 17 release.
Chandra Philip
Chandra Philip
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Chandra Philip is a news reporter with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times.