-- 加拿大皇家銀行(RBC)週五發布的一份預覽報告稱,3月份加拿大汽油價格較2月份上漲21%,預計將推動總體消費者物價指數(CPI)同比漲幅從2月份的1.8%升至2.5%,而剔除食品和能源價格後的通脹率將小幅上升至2.2%。 加拿大將於週一上午8:30(美國東部時間)公佈3月的CPI數據。 RBC表示,能源價格年通膨率可能自去年春季以來首次升至零以上。去年春季,由於聯邦消費者碳稅的取消,4月的能源價格下降。該行指出,3月汽油價格年平均上漲6.8%,但若不考慮碳稅政策的影響,漲幅將達23%。 RBC補充說,取消碳稅的影響將在4月的年比數據中消失。該行也指出,汽油價格已進一步上漲,迄今已比去年同期高出30%以上。週一生效的聯邦燃油消費稅(每公升10加分)臨時中止措施應該會緩解部分影響。 儘管如此,加拿大皇家銀行(RBC)預計,能源CPI上漲將推動4月整體通膨率超過3%。 RBC表示,由於去年聯邦HST/GST假期,前幾個月的食品CPI受「不利」的年度基數影響而偏高,但隨著2025年2月中旬稅收假期的結束,預計3月份食品CPI將有所回落。 RBC補充說,未來幾個月的焦點將逐漸轉向能源價格飆昇在多大程度上會引發更廣泛的通膨壓力,而衡量通膨壓力的最佳指標是加拿大央行的核心通膨指標,該指標剔除了波動性較大的成分以及間接稅的影響。 RBC指出,在中東衝突爆發前,這些核心通膨指標已顯示出明顯的緩和跡象。 12月至2月,CPI的修正值和中位數年化平均值為1%。
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