Canada: Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.6% on a year-over-year basis in September

"The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.6% on a year-over-year basis in September, following a 1.4% gain in August," the Statistics Canada announced on Friday.
Key takeaways:
- The all-items CPI excluding gasoline rose 1.1% year over year in September, matching the gain in both July and August.
- Prices were up in six of the eight major CPI components in the 12 months to September, with the transportation and shelter indexes contributing the most to the year-over-year rise.
- Transportation costs rose 3.8% on a year-over-year basis in September, following a 2.8% increase in August.
- For a third consecutive month, gasoline prices were the largest contributor to the gain in transportation prices and also to their acceleration.
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Eren Sengezer
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As an economist at heart, Eren Sengezer specializes in the assessment of the short-term and long-term impacts of macroeconomic data, central bank policies and political developments on financial assets.

















