Canada’s Inflation Rate Slows to 7.6 Percent in July as Gas Prices Fall

Canada’s Inflation Rate Slows to 7.6 Percent in July as Gas Prices Fall
Gas prices are displayed in Carleton Place, Ont. on May 17, 2022. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Canada’s year-over-year inflation rate slowed to 7.6 percent in July, with the deceleration largely driven by a decline in gas prices.

The inflation rate hit a nearly 40-year-high of 8.1 percent in June, but economists were widely expecting inflation to have since slowed.