October Inflation Expected to Show Mild Bump up Despite Longer-Term Downward Trend

October Inflation Expected to Show Mild Bump up Despite Longer-Term Downward Trend
A customer browses an aisle at a grocery store in Toronto on Feb. 2, 2024. The Canadian Press/Cole Burston
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The latest inflation reading due out Tuesday from Statistics Canada is expected to show a slight uptick for the month of October—but economists say the measure is still on a longer-term downward trend.

Economists polled by Reuters expect the consumer price index to come in at 1.9 percent for October, up from 1.6 percent in September which was the lowest inflation reading since February 2021.