OTTAWA — Economists are more confident the Bank of Canada might pause its interest rate cuts next month — tariffs notwithstanding — as Canada’s annual inflation rate ticked back up in January. Statistics Canada’s consumer price index on Tuesday reported the annual inflation rate rose to 1.9 per cent last month, up from 1.8 per

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