{"id":14857,"date":"2026-09-14T13:55:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T13:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/?p=14857"},"modified":"2026-09-14T20:23:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T20:23:49","slug":"canadian-inflation-holds-at-3-in-august-as-underlying-pressures-remain-contained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/data-flashes\/canadian-inflation-holds-at-3-in-august-as-underlying-pressures-remain-contained\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian inflation holds at 3% in August as underlying pressures remain contained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<h4 id=\"h-the-bottom-line\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-rbc-bright-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1\">The Bottom Line:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canadian inflation held at 3% year-over-year in August, unchanged from July. Energy price growth remained elevated but was little changed, with gasoline prices edging lower from July while remaining 23% above year-ago levels. Food inflation continued to put&nbsp;pressure on household budgets but ticked lower to 2.8% year-over-year in August, the lowest since late 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Underlying inflation pressures remained comparatively contained. CPI excluding food and energy edged up to 2.1% year-over-year, while the Bank of Canada&#8217;s preferred CPI-trim and CPI-median measures remained close to the 2% target. Measures of inflation breadth&nbsp;were also contained, suggesting that unusually strong price growth remained concentrated in a relatively narrow group of categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There continued to be limited evidence that elevated energy costs were generating significant second-round inflation. Price growth remained high for energy-intensive categories such as air travel but had not spread materially across the broader consumer basket.&nbsp;The risk of greater pass-through will rise the longer oil prices remain elevated, making the breadth and persistence of underlying price pressures more important than month-to-month movements in headline inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The August report was broadly consistent with our base case that the Bank of Canada will hold interest rates through the remainder of 2026 before gradually raising rates in 2027 as the economy strengthens. Risks around that forecast are increasingly tilted&nbsp;toward an earlier hike, particularly if elevated energy prices persist while the economy and labour market continue to recover. But so far, the evidence has been limited, and we will continue to monitor energy pass-through effects closely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"everviz-NgC6GOB_V\" class=\"everviz-NgC6GOB_V wp-block-hidden-mobile wp-block-hidden-tablet\" data-view=\"graph\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-block-hidden-desktop\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"708\" width=\"1024\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/10_05_23.jpg?quality=80&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/10_05_23.jpg 1934w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/10_05_23.jpg?resize=300,208 300w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/10_05_23.jpg?resize=768,531 768w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/10_05_23.jpg?resize=1024,708 1024w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/10_05_23.jpg?resize=1536,1063 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"h-the-details\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-rbc-bright-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2\">The details:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-rbc-list is-style-chevron-list mar-l-qtr mob-mar-l-qtr\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Headline CPI rose 0.2% m\/m on a seasonally adjusted basis in August, leaving the annual inflation rate unchanged at 3%.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Energy prices were 15.4% higher than a year ago, compared with 16.6% growth in July.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gasoline prices fell 0.9% from July but remained 23% above year-ago levels.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Food price inflation was 2.8% year-over-year, compared with 3% in July. Grocery prices increased 2.8%, down from the 3.1% in July, and this marked the first time in over two years, grocery price growth lagged overall inflation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CPI excluding food and energy came in at 2.1% year-over-year, continuing to point to comparatively contained price pressures outside the most volatile categories.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bank of Canada&#8217;s preferred core measures remained close to target. CPI-trim was 1.9% year-over-year, while CPI-median was 2% year-over-year, leaving their average unchanged from last month.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trim services excluding shelter measure sometimes referred to as &#8220;supercore&#8221; was 2.6% year-over-year, compared with 2.5% in July. And the three-month annualized rolling average was down slightly from 2.8% in July to 2.7%.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Measures of inflation breadth remained contained. The share of CPI basket components growing faster than 3% over the past three months slipped to 25.9% from 30.6% in July, while the share grew faster than 5% down to 17.7% from 25.4%.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Airfares were 15% higher than a year ago, compared with a 12% increase in July.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clothing prices declined 1.1% year-over-year in August after rising 0.9% in July, driven by lower men&#8217;s (-2.3%) and children&#8217;s (-1.9%) clothing prices, partially offset by unchanged women&#8217;s clothing.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6aa99556aaeba&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6aa99556aaeba\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"8946\" height=\"9507\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/CPI-table-Sept-2026.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/CPI-table-Sept-2026.png 8946w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/CPI-table-Sept-2026.png?resize=282,300 282w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/CPI-table-Sept-2026.png?resize=768,816 768w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/CPI-table-Sept-2026.png?resize=964,1024 964w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/CPI-table-Sept-2026.png?resize=1445,1536 1445w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/CPI-table-Sept-2026.png?resize=1927,2048 1927w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 8946px) 100vw, 8946px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About the author:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Abbey Xu <\/strong><em>is an economist at RBC. 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