Canada’s inflation rate slowed to 2.8% in February, beating expectations for 2nd consecutive month

Inflation took a surprise dip to 2.8 per cent in February, even though most analysts were expecting it to climb because of higher energy prices. Anne Gaviola has more on what drove this break for household budgets and what this all means for the Bank of Canada.

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