Inflation ticks higher in April, testing Bank of Canada rate pause

Canada’s annual inflation rate ticked up in April as a variety of costs – including gasoline, rents and mortgage interest – contributed to the first acceleration since last summer. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.4 per cent in April from a year earlier, following a 4.3-per-cent increase in…

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