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Canadian Press NewsAlert: Annual inflation dips to 1.8% in December

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Statistics Canada is expected to release its December consumer price index report this morning. A plaque on the Statistics Canada building is pictured in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

OTTAWA — Canada’s annual inflation rate ticked down to 1.8 per cent in December, thanks in part to the federal government’s tax break, Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday.

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