USD/CAD has slipped modestly after the release of mixed Canadian CPI data for September. Headline annual inflation was exactly in line with consensus at 1.9% while core, which is monitored more closely by the Bank of Canada on a short-term basis, came in at 1.5%, slightly lower than the expected 1.6%. USD/CAD is at 1.0268 vs 1.0273 just before the data and 1.0279 late Thursday.