UPDATED: Inflation sets fresh three-decade high at 6.8% in April with little sign of cooling
The cost of nearly everything at the grocery store continued to climb higher to push the annual inflation rate up in April.
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‘We just don’t have enough workers:’ Restaurants rocked by labour shortage, inflation
Restaurants across the country are reducing hours and condensing menus as persistent staff shortages and spiking costs threaten to derail the industry’s comeback from crushing
Surging gas prices compound inflation’s toll on Canadians, hurt consumer sentiment
Experts say soaring fuel prices create a kind of inflationary domino effect, with climbing gas prices raising shipping costs and higher shipping costs hiking the
UPDATED: Ottawa-Gatineau’s jobless rate falls to 4.6% in April amid strong growth
Statistics Canada says a number of signs point to an increasingly tight labour market in recent months, including a drop in the number of part-time
Economy gains momentum with 1.1% GDP growth in February, best month since March 2021
The Canadian economy surged ahead in February as pandemic-related restrictions eased, fuelling expectations by economists that the Bank of Canada will opt for another oversized
Statistics Canada says retail sales edged up 0.1 per cent in February
Statistics Canada says core retail sales — which exclude sales at gasoline stations and motor vehicle and parts dealers — rose 1.4 per cent.
That costs what?! A look at how much some consumer prices went up in the last year
While gasoline prices are big part of the picture, having jumped last month by 39.8 per cent compared with March 2021, price pressures are far
‘I’m losing sales’: As Ottawa’s inflation rate soars, businesses are feeling the pinch
Capital’s annual rate of inflation hit 7.5 per cent in March, Statistics Canada said Wednesday, and local entrepreneurs say it’s getting harder and harder to
UPDATED: Bank of Canada raises key rate half a point to 1% and warns of further hikes to come
The Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate by the highest amount in more than 20 years and warned more rate hikes are
Jobless rate holds steady at 4.9% in March as employment surges, labour force grows
Ottawa-Gatineau’s jobless rate held steady at 4.9 per cent in March as a surge in employment was offset by a big jump in the number
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