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Varcoe: Rising prices or slowing economy — Bank of Canada faces test picking priority amid tariff war

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Canada 's year-over-year inflation rate increased to 2.6% in February , up from 1.9% in January .

Tiff Macklem: Tariffs combined with retaliatory tariffs means a weaker economy and higher inflation.

The Bank of Canada lowered its policy rate by 25 basis points last week , the seventh consecutive reduction since June .

There are increasing signs of a bumpy road ahead for the Canadian economy.

The OECD scaled back its projection of global economic growth to 3.1 per cent this year .

In Alberta , ATB Financial expects stronger GDP growth than in the rest of the country.

Alberta ’s small business confidence over the long term fell to its lowest point since it began tracking it.

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