To measure inflation every month, Statistics Canada tracks the prices for a long list—what it calls a representative “basket”—of goods and services. The contents of the basket reflect how much ...

No. Senator Sanders’s data relies on a blip in 1973. Economists show wages are actually higher now than 50 years ago.

The data snapped a streak of six consecutive months of cooling inflation. Consumer prices rose 2.6% in October compared to a year ago, ticking upward from the previous month and reversing some of ...