OTTAWA – Saskatchewan’s inflation rate in June was 2.2 per cent, according to numbers released by Statistics Canada on Friday.
That’s down two-tenths of a per cent from May.
Food prices were up 3.4 per cent from June 2013, led by a 12.4 per cent jump in the cost of meat and an 8.3 per cent spike in the price of fresh vegetables.
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Shelter costs were up 2.9 per cent, led by higher water, fuel and electricity costs.
Smokers were also paying more with a 7.7 per cent increase in the price of tobacco from a year ago.
Nationally, the inflation rate was hit a new two-year high of 2.4 per cent in June.
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