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Canada Inflation Rate (CPI)

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 22 January 2016

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 22 January 2016: 1.6% for December 2015, below the 1.7% forecast and up from 1.4% in November 2015. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. It is the second release in a row below the forecast. Printed 1.6%, inside the 1–3% target band. It was released on Fri 22 Jan 2016 at 13:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Statistics Canada. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
1.6%
December 2015
Forecast
1.7%
The market consensus
Previous
1.4%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A clear miss or continued cooling toward 2% would usually weigh on the Canadian dollar as markets price a more dovish Bank of Canada.

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 22 January 2016: 1.6% for December 2015 against a 1.7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
22 Jan 2016Dec1.6%1.7%1.4%
18 Dec 2015Nov1.4%1.5%1.0%
20 Nov 2015Oct1.0%1%1.0%
23 Oct 2015Sep1.0%1.1%1.3%
18 Sep 2015Aug1.3%1.3%1.3%
21 Aug 2015Jul1.3%1.4%1%
17 Jul 2015Jun1%1.0%0.9%
19 Jun 2015May0.9%0.8%0.8%
22 May 2015Apr0.8%1.0%1.2%
17 Apr 2015Mar1.2%1.0%1.0%
20 Mar 2015Feb1.0%1.0%1.0%
26 Feb 2015Jan1.0%0.7%1.5%
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