Statistics Canada updates CPI basket to increase food weighting in inflation calculation
Food now makes up 16.72% of the basket of goods used to measure the inflation rate, up from 16.13% a year earlier
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Food now makes up 16.72% of the basket of goods used to measure the inflation rate, up from 16.13% a year earlier