<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 報告稱，加拿大的汽油價格最近已超過去年同期水平，這可能會影響通貨膨脹。美國的價格與去年幾乎持平，但預計加拿大在四月份取消的消費碳税將使價格保持在較低水平。自税收削減以來，美國和加拿大價格之間的差距有所縮小。BMO 預計，由於汽油價格的變化，通貨膨脹將顯著上升，預計將從目前低於 2% 的水平增加超過半個百分點，儘管這可能不會對八月份的消費者物價指數產生顯著影響</p>

蒙特利爾銀行預計加拿大汽油價格將轉為上漲，可能會推動通脹上升