Food prices help pace drop in inflation
Statistics Canada reported on Friday that inflation in December fell to 2.3 per cent
Stephanie Venne works at her mom's flower shop on Thursday at downtown Montreal's Atwater Market, a hot spot for lovers of food. When Statistics Canada reports inflation numbers on Friday, they are expected to show an overall drop to 2.7 per cent in December.
Canada's core rate of inflation, which strips out food and energy, fell to 1.9 per cent.
An Atwater Market bakery in Montreal. The rise in food prices abated as 2011 came to an end.
December's rise in food prices is expected to be soft. Pictured is an Atwater fish monger.
Shoppers browse the vegetable stand at Luc Jasmin's shop in Atwater Market.
Shoppers paid 4.8 per cent more for food in the first 11 months of 2011.