The slump in oil prices will cause headline inflation to plummet to below 1% in the second quarter, from 2.2% in February. While weaker activity will put downward pressure on core inflation in the second quarter as well, the large depreciation of the loonie in the past few weeks looks set to boost import prices and suggests that core inflation will rise again in the second half of the year.
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