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Canada Inflation Rate (CPI)

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 16 March 2022

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 16 March 2022: 5.7% for February 2022, above the 5.5% forecast and up from 5.1% in January 2022. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. It is the second release in a row above the forecast. Printed 5.7%, above the 1–3% target band. It was released on Wed 16 Mar 2022 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
5.7%
February 2022
Forecast
5.5%
The market consensus
Previous
5.1%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A clear beat, particularly if inflation is moving away from 2%, would usually support the Canadian dollar significantly through a firmer expected rate path.

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 16 March 2022: 5.7% for February 2022 against a 5.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
16 Mar 2022Feb5.7%5.5%5.1%
16 Feb 2022Jan5.1%4.8%4.8%
19 Jan 2022Dec4.8%4.8%4.7%
15 Dec 2021Nov4.7%4.7%4.7%
17 Nov 2021Oct4.7%4.7%4.4%
20 Oct 2021Sep4.4%4.3%4.1%
15 Sep 2021Aug4.1%3.9%3.7%
18 Aug 2021Jul3.7%3.4%3.1%
28 Jul 2021Jun3.1%3.2%3.6%
16 Jun 2021May3.6%3.5%3.4%
19 May 2021Apr3.4%3.2%2.2%
21 Apr 2021Mar2.2%2.3%1.1%
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