Surging commodity prices have led us to substantially increase our forecasts for consumer price inflation, but the negative impact of higher prices on household purchasing power, and therefore real consumption, should be more than offset by stronger investment and exports. With GDP growth and inflation set to be higher than we previously assumed, the Bank of Canada is likely to tighten policy more aggressively.
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