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Canada Inflation Rate (CPI)

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 22 April 2020

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 22 April 2020: 0.9% for March 2020, below the 1.2% forecast and down from 2.2% in February 2020. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 3 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. Printed 0.9%, below the 1–3% target band. It was released on Wed 22 Apr 2020 at 12:30 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
0.9%
March 2020
Forecast
1.2%
The market consensus
Previous
2.2%
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) 22 April 2020: 0.9% for March 2020 against a 1.2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
22 Apr 2020Mar0.9%1.2%2.2%
18 Mar 2020Feb2.2%2.1%2.4%
19 Feb 2020Jan2.4%2.3%2.2%
22 Jan 2020Dec2.2%2.2%2.2%
18 Dec 2019Nov2.2%2.2%1.9%
20 Nov 2019Oct1.9%1.9%1.9%
16 Oct 2019Sep1.9%2.1%1.9%
18 Sep 2019Aug1.9%2%2%
21 Aug 2019Jul2%1.7%2%
17 Jul 2019Jun2%2%2.4%
19 Jun 2019May2.4%2.1%2%
15 May 2019Apr2%2%1.9%
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