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Canada Inflation Rate (CPI)

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 18 March 2025

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 18 March 2025: 2.6% for February 2025, above the 2.2% forecast and up from 1.9% in January 2025. It is the highest reading since June 2024. 3 of the last 10 releases came in above the forecast. Printed 2.6%, inside the 1–3% target band. It was released on Tue 18 Mar 2025 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
2.6%
February 2025
Forecast
2.2%
The market consensus
Previous
1.9%
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) 18 March 2025: 2.6% for February 2025 against a 2.2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 18 March 2025: 2.6% vs 2.2% forecast (Statistics Canada). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/ca-cpi/2025-03-18

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 Mar 2025Feb2.6%2.2%1.9%
18 Feb 2025Jan1.9%1.9%1.8%
21 Jan 2025Dec1.8%1.9%1.9%
17 Dec 2024Nov1.9%2%2%
19 Nov 2024Oct2%1.9%1.6%
15 Oct 2024Sep1.6%1.8%2%
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%
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