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Canada avoids deflation... at least for now

This week we expect to learn on Thursday that headline CPI inflation fell to 1.0% in January, from 1.5%, principally because of the slump in energy prices last month. With crude oil and retail gasoline prices rebounding in February, however, headline inflation will not fall much further.

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