The drop in the headline inflation rate to 1.4% in October, from 1.6%, mainly reflects the drop in energy prices, which have already begun to rise again. More importantly, all three core inflation measures remained below the 2.0% target, supporting our view that the Bank of Canada won’t be raising interest rates any further this year.
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