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Canada Inflation Rate (CPI)

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 17 October 2023

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 17 October 2023: 3.8% for September 2023, below the 4% forecast and down from 4% in August 2023. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. Printed 3.8%, above the 1–3% target band. It was released on Tue 17 Oct 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
3.8%
September 2023
Forecast
4%
The market consensus
Previous
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) 17 October 2023: 3.8% for September 2023 against a 4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 Oct 2023Sep3.8%4%4%
19 Sep 2023Aug4%3.8%3.3%
15 Aug 2023Jul3.3%3%2.8%
18 Jul 2023Jun2.8%3%3.4%
27 Jun 2023May3.4%3.4%4.4%
16 May 2023Apr4.4%4.1%4.3%
18 Apr 2023Mar4.3%4.3%5.2%
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%
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