{"id":2873,"date":"2026-04-21T05:36:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/?p=2873"},"modified":"2026-04-21T05:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:36:08","slug":"canadas-inflation-rises-to-2-4-amid-rising-fuel-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/?p=2873","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s Inflation Rises to 2.4% Amid Rising Fuel Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Canada\u2019s inflation rate rose to 2.4% in March, driven largely by skyrocketing fuel costs linked to the conflict in Iran. Fresh vegetable prices saw their steepest climb in nearly three years, jumping 7.8%, with cucumbers and peppers leading the increase due to supply shortages. While gasoline prices surged by 21.2% compared to February, natural gas prices dropped by 18.1%, providing some insulation from global trends. Restaurant price growth slowed significantly to 3.2%. Overall, higher energy costs remain the primary driver of inflation, squeezing household budgets across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada\u2019s inflation rate rose to 2.4% in March, driven largely by skyrocketing fuel costs linked to the conflict in Iran. Fresh vegetable prices saw their steepest climb in nearly three years, jumping 7.8%, with cucumbers and peppers leading the increase due to supply shortages. While gasoline prices surged by 21.2% compared to February, natural gas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-english"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2875,"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2873\/revisions\/2875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}