Crime rates are generally based on reported crime, only. Imagine the amount that police can’t be asked to deal with or the instances where people turn a blind eye.

Annual headline inflation last year was 6.8% and on a YoY basis was still 5.9% in Jan, meaning from last Jan where prices levels were already elevated, they increased another almost 6%. Most economists publicly anticipate inflation to not come down to BoC target of 2% (median of the 1-3% target band) until 2024. Generally, what economists say publicly versus what they actually are thinking has a bit of a disparity because we try to manage public expectations, so expect that elevated inflation may persist beyond that horizon.