We're hearing more about shrinkflation, skimpflation and stagflation: Here's what they mean

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We're hearing more about shrinkflation, skimpflation and stagflation: Here's what they mean
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Canadians seeking advice on how to navigate grocery prices in an ever-unpredictable sea of rising inflation are learning to pilot their boat through shrinkflation, skimpflation and stagflation — but what do these tongue-twisters mean?

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A new report from Statistics Canada estimates how much parents will spend on children over the course of their lifetime.Canada's inflation rate edged down to 3.8 per cent last month as price pressures eased across the economy, setting the stage for the Bank of Canada to hold its key interest rate steady next week, economists say.As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, its uses and applications grow even wider.

Halloween candy, 'shrinkflation' and spending habits: What experts say could change this spooky seasonAir Canada is being accused in the U.K. House of Commons of delaying a British MP from boarding a flight "because his name is Mohammad."More than 100 miners escaped from a gold mine in South Africa on Wednesday after being held underground for three days by fellow employees in a union dispute, a company official said.

A former British police officer was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with a minimum term of 12 years after he pleaded guilty to over 100 child sex offences, including threatening and blackmailing more than 200 young girls into sending him sexual photos of themselves on Snapchat.

China announced plans on Wednesday to send a new telescope to probe deep into the universe as it prepared to launch the country's next, three-member crew for its orbiting space station.Artificial intelligence icon Yoshua Bengio wishes Canadian legislation on theincreasingly mighty technology he pioneered would be further along by now.

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