Canada: CPI (Jul) rose 2.1% YoY

FXStreet (Edinburgh) - Canadian headline consumer prices rose 2.1% on a year through July, missing forecasts for a 2.3% gain. On a monthly basis prices contracted 0.2%, vs. -0.1% expected. The Bank of Canada Core CPI rose 1.7% over the last twelve months and dropped 0.1% inter-month.