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Canada inflation at 1.3 per cent in May

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Ottawa: Canadians paid 1.3 per cent more for goods and services in May than a year ago, as gasoline prices rose more slowly and falling food costs near-bottomed out, statistics showed Friday.


The figures compared with a 1.6 per cent uptick in prices in April.


Prices were up in six of eight categories charted by Statistics Canada, with the shelter and transportation indexes contributing most to the year-on-year rise in the Consumer Price Index.


The cost of buying a home, a passenger vehicle, fresh vegetables and restaurant meals were all up in May. Airfares also cost more, while video equipment prices fell, the government agency said. — AFP


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