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Canada Inflation Rate (CPI)

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 20 May 2025

Canada Inflation Rate (CPI) 20 May 2025: 1.7% for April 2025, above the 1.6% forecast and down from 2.3% in March 2025. It is the lowest reading since September 2024. 4 of the last 11 releases came in above the forecast. Printed 1.7%, inside the 1–3% target band. It was released on Tue 20 May 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
1.7%
April 2025
Forecast
1.6%
The market consensus
Previous
2.3%
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) 20 May 2025: 1.7% for April 2025 against a 1.6% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 May 2025Apr1.7%1.6%2.3%
15 Apr 2025Mar2.3%2.6%2.6%
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%
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