Consumers Face Continued Price Pressure and Instability as Business Confidence Lags: Surveys

Consumers Face Continued Price Pressure and Instability as Business Confidence Lags: Surveys
A view of the Bank of Canada building in Ottawa on May 8, 2025. Reuters/Blair Gable/File Photo
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Consumers are still experiencing the burden of elevated prices and economic instability, and business confidence remains low, new reports from Canada’s central bank suggests.

Two reports issued by the Bank of Canada on Jan. 19 provide an overview of how companies and households perceived the economy during the fourth quarter of 2025.

Jennifer Cowan
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Jennifer Cowan is a writer and editor with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times.