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Canada's Inflation Hits 3.2% — What It Means for Your Wallet

  Gas prices surged 33% year-over-year. Grocery bills keep climbing. And the Bank of Canada is walking a tightrope between fighting inflation and protecting a fragile economy. Here's the breakdown — and what comes next. MoneySavings.ca   |  June 23, 2026  |   Canadian Money Brief By the Numbers — May 2026 CPI Headline Inflation (year-over-year) 3.2% Previous Month (April 2026) 2.8% Market Expectations 3.0% Gasoline (year-over-year) +33.2% Grocery Inflation (year-over-year) +4.3% Fresh Vegetables (year-over-year) +9.0% Shelter Costs (year-over-year) +1.7% BoC Core Inflation (trimmed-mean) ~2.0% Bank of Canada Policy Rate 2.25% (held) Canada's inflation rate jumped to 3.2% in May 2026 , Statistics Canada reported Monday — beating analyst forecasts of 3.0% and marking the fastest annual increase since December 2023. Month-over-month, consumer prices rose a full 1.0%, with a seasonally adjusted gain of 0.5%. The headline number is uncomfortable. But the st...

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Stocks Open Mixed as Boeing Plunges

The stock market opened mixed today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) down around 0.4%, or 170 points, while the S&P 500 ( ^GSPC) rose 0.2% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq ( ^ IXIC) was up 0.5% . The mixed opening comes after all three major stock indexes broke a nine-week winning streak on Friday.

Boeing, one of the largest aerospace companies in the world, saw its shares plunge today. The company’s shares fell to a 2023 low of 176.25 before swinging up and down in Wednesday’s stock market action. The decline in Boeing’s shares comes as investors await the release of U.S. inflation data and brace for the start of earnings season later in the week.


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