Canada: CPI and retail sales in focus this week - NBF
|In Canada, a lot of attention will be in February’s CPI, due to be released on Friday, according to analysts at NBF.
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“Gasoline prices were rather soft in the month by historical standards but headline prices could nevertheless have increased 0.5% m/m (not seasonally adjusted), pushing the annual rate up to 2.0%, from 1.7% in January. Core prices, for their part, may have continued rising at a decent pace in February, reflecting an economy running above potential. Still, the annual rate of CPI-common should remain unchanged at 1.8% due to a negative base effect.”
“In other news, both headline and ex-auto retail sales may have rebounded strongly in January, boosted by very strong auto sales and a good outlook for gasoline stations receipts (on account of rising pump prices). We’ll also get January’s wholesale trade sales.”
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