Poll: feeling the pinch?
Castanet - Dec 21, 2017 / 9:01 pm | Story: 214662
Photo: The Canadian Press
The country's annual inflation rate accelerated to 2.1 per cent last month to reach its highest mark in nearly a year, Statistics Canada said Thursday.
The November inflation reading followed a 1.4 per cent increase in consumer prices in October. Last month's increase was driven by higher costs for gasoline and air transportation, compared with a year earlier.
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