The latest inflation reading came in at 1.6 %, on a year - over-year basis, in December.
Not exact matches
Since the bank's
inflation bull's - eye is two per cent, the
latest reading reinforced experts» expectations that Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz will continue to gradually raise the trend - setting interest rate.
This
latest reading confirmed the picture of low
inflation evident for several years now.
Will the Federal Reserve use the
latest mild
readings on
inflation as an opportunity to take some monetary actions?
The
latest tame
reading on
inflation may give the Federal Reserve more wiggle room, if it is deemed necessary, to enact another round of stimulus, especially with recent economic data on the U.S. economy a bit disconcerting.
If nothing else, the
latest tame
reading on
inflation puts no pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.
Then
late in the week, stocks rallied on some strong earnings reports and economic data, with a better - than - expected initial
reading on first - quarter GDP pushing bond - yield lower on Friday and easing some earlier week concerns about
inflation.
The
latest reading on «
inflation» by this measure was for February 2013, and it creeped up to 2.0 %.
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