Source: Statistics Canada
 
Prices for manufactured products edged up in February, as higher prices for primary metals were partly offset by lower prices for motor vehicles. The growth in raw materials prices was slowed substantially by a drop in crude oil prices.

From January to February, prices charged by manufacturers, as measured by the Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI), rose 0.1%, a marked slowdown compared with the increases of 1.1% in December and 1.0% in January. The growth in prices for petroleum and coal products slowed considerably after three months of vigorous increases. Excluding petroleum and coal products, the IPPI would have remained unchanged in February.

Strong growth for primary metal products and, to a …