Headline inflation looks set to continue falling to around 2% by the end of the year, as energy price inflation drops back. But with all three of the Bank of Canada’s core inflation measures picking up in August, the decline in headline inflation is unlikely to prevent the Bank from tightening policy. Providing that NAFTA talks do not take a sharp turn for the worse, we expect it to raise interest rates in October.
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