Inflation cools to 1.8% in December as tax ‘holiday’ kicked off – National

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Inflation cools to 1.8% in December as tax ‘holiday’ kicked off – National

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Statistics Canada said Tuesday that the annual pace of inflation cooled to 1.8 per cent last month. That’s down from 1.9 per cent in November.

The December inflation figures capture part of Ottawa’s GST/HST “holiday,” which began Dec. 15.

StatCan said Tuesday that prices of food bought from restaurants and alcoholic beverages — two of the categories excluded from federal tax for two months — saw a major deceleration in the annual and monthly inflation figures.

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