The Core Canadian inflation number, which excludes volatile items and help guide the Bank of Canada, increased by 1.3 per cent, a greater pace than the 1.1 per cent in November.
This higher print assists the Bank of Canada with maintianing their current interest rate environment and has supported a small bounce in the Canadian dollar.
Canadian Dollar futures are up 30 points today to 90.16.
Drew Zimmerman
Investment & Commodities/Futures Advisor
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