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Canada Inflation Rate (CPI)

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 27 February 2019

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 27 February 2019: 1.4% for January 2019, below the 1.5% forecast and down from 2% in December 2018. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 6 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. Printed 1.4%, inside the 1–3% target band. It was released on Wed 27 Feb 2019 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
1.4%
January 2019
Forecast
1.5%
The market consensus
Previous
2%
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) 27 February 2019: 1.4% for January 2019 against a 1.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
27 Feb 2019Jan1.4%1.5%2%
18 Jan 2019Dec2%1.7%1.7%
19 Dec 2018Nov1.7%1.8%2.4%
23 Nov 2018Oct2.4%2.2%2.2%
19 Oct 2018Sep2.2%2.7%2.8%
21 Sep 2018Aug2.8%2.8%3%
17 Aug 2018Jul3%2.5%2.5%
20 Jul 2018Jun2.5%2.4%2.2%
22 Jun 2018May2.2%2.5%2.2%
18 May 2018Apr2.2%2.3%2.3%
20 Apr 2018Mar2.3%2.4%2.2%
23 Mar 2018Feb2.2%2%1.7%
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