Canada's annual inflation rate rose to 2.4 per cent in September, as grocery prices climbed and gas and travel tour prices fell at a slower pace, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.
Economists were expecting the headline number to reach 2.2 per cent. When excluding gas, the annual inflation rate increased to 2.6 per cent, the data agency said.
Shoppers paid four per cent more at the grocery store in Septemb
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