Even with Canadian inflation and retail sales data coming in weaker than expected, market watchers predicted the Bank of Canada still could boost interest rates again this week to in line with a stronger economy. According to Statistics Canada “the annual inflation rate in September dipped to 2.2% from 2.8% as price pressures from gas and air travel eased.”Click Here For Canadian Stocks Looking For New Highs The central bank predicts that inflation should move back down toward 2% by early 2019 and will announce the next interest rate decision on Wednesday, October 24th. The markets are already anticipating a hike, the bank has lifted rates four times since July 2017. “We see two more hikes in the first half of 2019,” said Paul Ferley, assistant chief economist at the Royal Bank of Canada. Even so, there are still many stocks to watch ahead of these proposed rate hikes, especially considering the momentum that the markets have been seeing.