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Canada Inflation Rate (CPI)

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 21 March 2023

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 21 March 2023: 5.2% for February 2023, below the 5.4% forecast and down from 5.9% in January 2023. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. It is the third release in a row below the forecast. Printed 5.2%, above the 1–3% target band. It was released on Tue 21 Mar 2023 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
5.2%
February 2023
Forecast
5.4%
The market consensus
Previous
5.9%
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) 21 March 2023: 5.2% for February 2023 against a 5.4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 21 March 2023: 5.2% vs 5.4% forecast (Statistics Canada). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/ca-cpi/2023-03-21

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
21 Mar 2023Feb5.2%5.4%5.9%
21 Feb 2023Jan5.9%6.1%6.3%
17 Jan 2023Dec6.3%6.4%6.8%
21 Dec 2022Nov6.8%6.7%6.9%
16 Nov 2022Oct6.9%6.9%6.9%
19 Oct 2022Sep6.9%6.8%7%
20 Sep 2022Aug7%7.3%7.6%
16 Aug 2022Jul7.6%7.6%8.1%
20 Jul 2022Jun8.1%8.4%7.7%
22 Jun 2022May7.7%7.4%6.8%
18 May 2022Apr6.8%6.7%6.7%
20 Apr 2022Mar6.7%6.1%5.7%
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