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Canada Inflation Rate (CPI)

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 17 September 2024

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 17 September 2024: 2% for August 2024, below the 2.1% forecast and down from 2.5% in July 2024. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 5 of the last 10 releases came in below the forecast. Printed 2%, inside the 1–3% target band. It was released on Tue 17 Sep 2024 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
2%
August 2024
Forecast
2.1%
The market consensus
Previous
2.5%
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 September 2024: 2% for August 2024 against a 2.1% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 Sep 2024Aug2%2.1%2.5%
20 Aug 2024Jul2.5%2.5%2.7%
16 Jul 2024Jun2.7%—2.9%
25 Jun 2024May2.9%2.6%2.7%
21 May 2024Apr2.7%2.7%2.9%
16 Apr 2024Mar2.9%—2.8%
19 Mar 2024Feb2.8%3.1%2.9%
20 Feb 2024Jan2.9%3.3%3.4%
16 Jan 2024Dec3.4%3.4%3.1%
19 Dec 2023Nov3.1%2.9%3.1%
21 Nov 2023Oct3.1%3.2%3.8%
17 Oct 2023Sep3.8%4%4%
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