The further rise in headline inflation in June, which is largely due to higher food prices, is unlikely to worry the Bank of Canada. Although most measures of underlying inflation also nudged higher, this largely reflects exchange rate pass-through effects, rather than any improvement in domestic economic conditions. Overall, therefore, the outlook for interest rates remains unchanged.
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