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Consumer Price Index (CPI) - British Columbia’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.9% (unadjusted) in July compared to the same month of the previous year. This marks a small increase in the year-over-year rate of inflation since June, when it was 1.7 %. According to Statistics Canada, the overall annual inflation rate of 1.9% climbs to 2.1% when food is excluded from the index, and declines to 1.7% when energy is excluded.
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