In April, Canadian consumer prices rose 6.8% year over year, a slight increase from March (+6.7%). The year-over-year increase in April was largely driven by food and shelter prices. Gas prices increased at a slower pace in April compared with March, moderating the acceleration of the all-items Consumer Price Index (CPI) in April. Excluding gasoline, the CPI rose 5.8% year over year in April, after a 5.5% gain in March. This was the fastest pace since the introduction of the all-items excluding gasoline special aggregate in 1999. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in late February continued to affect energy, commodity and, ... (full story)