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\u00a0The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Canada grew by about 6.8% in November on an annual basis, according to figures released moments ago, compared to 6.9% in the October reading, less than expectations that indicated a rise to 7.3%, while prices for the main index, excluding food and energy, rose to 5.4%, compared to 5.<\/span><\/span> .3% in the October reading.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n On a monthly basis, the index rose by 0.1% in November, after growing by about 0.7% in October, better than market expectations that indicated its stability at 0.0%.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In the details, gasoline prices fell by 6.3% in November on a monthly basis and rose by 13.7% on an annual basis, while food prices rose by 11.4% on an annual basis.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Canadian dollar is trading at 1.3607 levels, on the rise against the US dollar, before the opening of the US markets.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Canada grew by about 6.8% in November on an annual basis, according to figures released moments ago, compared to 6.9% in the October reading, less than expectations that indicated a rise to 7.3%, while prices for the main index, excluding food and energy, rose to 5.4%, compared to 5. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-currency-markets"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n