Canadian average wages outpacing inflation, Statistics Canada reports

Behind the latest CPI Numbers: Inflation Slows, But Living Costs Don’t

Dan Knight Behind the 1.7% headline, falling gas prices mask deeper affordability issues—from rising rents and mortgage costs to inflated essentials still burdening working Canadians. Canada’s latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report dropped this week, and if you believe the headlines, things are looking up. The Trudeau government is gone, Mark Carney is in charge, and the narrative from the media-industrial complex is that inflation is under co…

Posthaste: Salary growth set to outpace inflation in 2025, report says

Salary growth in Canada is forecasted to outpace inflation for the first time in 4 years, says a new report by Telus Health. Find out more.

Canadian average earnings outpacing inflation, Statistics Canada reports

Average earnings for working Canadians outpaced inflation on a year-over-year basis in April, according to data from Statistics Canada.

The Weekly Bottom Line: Canada – Inflation, GDP Confirm Economic Slowdown - Action Forex

This week we received the first of two inflation updates that the Bank of Canada (BoC) will use to guide their policy decision on July 30. May’s headline inflation came in at a 1.7% year-on-year (y/y), meeting consensus expectations. Recent soft readings have been tamped down by the end of the consumer carbon tax, something we expect to linger for the coming months. Total inflation has averaged right at the BoC’s 2% target for the better part of…

Owning a home in Canada is the most affordable it’s been in three years

Interest rate cuts, easing home prices and income gains contributed to lower RBC's aggregate affordability measure in Q1.

Negotiations Update: CPC’s Wage Offer for Year One: When 6% is not 6%

Canada Post says its wage offer provides for a pay increase of 6% in the first year followed by increases of 3%, 2% and 2% in subsequent years. CUPW says CPC’s offer for the first year does not come close to being a pay increase of 6%. Who is telling the truth?