What will the Bank make of the October CPI data?

Although the annual rates of core inflation increased in October, we suspect the Bank of Canada will point to the declines in the 3-month annualised rates of CPI-trim and CPI-median to justify dropping down to a 25 bp interest rate hike at its meeting next month.

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