<div id="readability-page-1"><div><p>(MT Newswires) -- Canadian gasoline prices have climbed above year-earlier levels in recent days, Bank of Montreal said.</p><p> United States pump prices are now almost even with a year ago and slightly higher when converted to Canadian dollars, but the removal of Canada's consumer carbon tax at the start of April should have kept domestic prices lower, the bank noted.</p><p> The gap between the U.S. and Canadian prices widened sharply after the tax was cut and has since narrowed.</p><p> This trend could have major implications for headline inflation in the months ahead, BMO said. It is unlikely to weigh heavily on Tuesday's August consumer price index reading, but the bank expects a &#34;pop&#34; in next month's data.</p><p> The yearly change in gasoline prices has gone from -18% in April, to -16% in July, to about -11.5% in August, to now positive, it added.</p><p>This factor alone could boost overall inflation by more than half a point from its recent sub-2% pace, according to BMO.</p></div></div>

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<p>BMO 报告称，加拿大的汽油价格最近已超过去年同期水平，这可能会影响通货膨胀。美国的价格与去年几乎持平，但预计加拿大在四月份取消的消费碳税将使价格保持在较低水平。自税收削减以来，美国和加拿大价格之间的差距有所缩小。BMO 预计，由于汽油价格的变化，通货膨胀将显著上升，预计将从目前低于 2% 的水平增加超过半个百分点，尽管这可能不会对八月份的消费者物价指数产生显著影响</p>

蒙特利尔银行预计加拿大汽油价格将转为上涨，可能会推动通胀上升