The year-over-year increase in Statistics Canada’s Consumer Price Index was a full point higher in March than in February. The agency cited “sustained price pressure in Canadian housing markets, substantial supply constraints and geopolitical conflict,” plus ever-tighter labour markets. Wages increased by just 3.4 per cent in March, so the average worker lost ground. (The Logic)
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