Bank of Canada’s Gravelle: Too Early to Discuss Normalizing High Rates as Inflation Remains Above Target
–BOC’s Gravelle: Quantitative Tightening Likely to End in late 2024 to Early 2025 By Max Sato (MaceNews) – It is too early to discuss normalizing the Bank of Canada’s high policy interest rate because consumer inflation at 5.2% remains well above its 2% target, although it has eased from its recent peak of 8.1% hit […]
Major Central Banks to Boost Dollar Liquidity to Calm Market Jitters over Bank Failures
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Six major central banks said on early Monday Tokyo time that they are enhancing their joint efforts to provide ample funds to the financial markets under the scheme launched in 2009 in the aftermath of a global credit crunch, as investor concerns are growing over the health of financial institutions […]
<strong>Bank of Canada Pauses in Tightening but Repeats It is Prepared to Raise Rates Further If Needed</strong>
–BOC: Will Continue Assessing Economic Developments, Effects of Cumulative Tightening –BOC: Labor Markets ‘Very Tight,’ Employment Growth ‘Surprisingly Strong’ –BOC Keeps View Inflation to Slow to 3% in Mid-2023 but Says Needs to Come Down Further By Max Sato (MaceNews) – The Bank of Canada on Wednesday left its policy interest rate — the target […]
<strong>Bank of Canada Governor Macklem Repeats Current Pause in Tightening ‘Conditional’ on Economy Moving Along Projection</strong>
–BOC Sees Upside and Downside Risks to Its Forecast as ‘Balanced’ –Macklem: ‘We Are More Concerned About Upside Risks’ –Macklem: Too Early to Talk about Cutting Rates (MaceNews) – Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem on Tuesday repeated his recent remarks that the bank’s pausing in its credit tightening is “conditional” that overheated domestic economic […]
<strong>Bank of Canada Governor: ‘Far Too Early’ to Discuss Rate Cuts, Trying to Balance Risks of Over- and Under-Tightening</strong>
–BOC’s Macklem: Governing Council Statement Points to ‘Conditional Pause’ –Macklem: Prepared to Raise Rates Further If Inflation Moves Higher Than Forecast By Max Sato (MaceNews) – It is too early to discuss whether the Bank of Canada will need to consider lowering interest rates to support economic growth as it takes time to bring inflation […]
<strong>Bank of Canada Hikes Key Rate by 25 Bps to 4.50%, as Expected; To Hold Policy if Economy Moves as Forecast</strong>
–BOC Changes Stance from December View of Mulling If Rates Need to Rise Further –BOC Repeats: Canadian Economy in Excess Demand, Labor Markets Tight –BOC Revises Down 2023 CPI Forecast, Sees Modest GDP Growth By Max Sato (MaceNews) – The Bank of Canada on Wednesday raised its policy interest rate — the target for overnight […]
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By Max Sato (MaceNews) – The Bank of Canada is widely expected by economists to slow the pace of its tightening, raising its short-term interest rate target by 25 basis points to 4.50% on Wednesday after conducting more aggressive hikes in 2022, then take a pause for the rest of the year as inflation eases […]
<strong>Bank of Canada Q4 Survey: Business Sentiment Dips for 4th Straight Quarter on Rising Interest Rates</strong>
–Firms Continue to See Inflation Above BOC’s 2% Target in Short Term –In 5 years, Firms Expect Inflation to be Within BOC’s 1-3% Target Range –Most Consumers Expect Mild to Moderate Recession within 12 Months –More Consumers Than Before Pandemic Anticipate Deflation in 5 Years as Supply Bottlenecks Ease By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Sentiment […]
<strong>Bank of Canada’s Macklem Vows to Bring High Inflation All the Way Back to 2%</strong> <strong>Target</strong>
–Governor Says Under-Tightening Will Pose Greater Risk Than Over-Tightening –Macklem Declines Comment on How Long Restrictive Interest Rates Will Last –Macklem: Rate Hikes Could Work Faster Than Before, Watching New Sets of Data By Max Sato (MaceNews) – The Bank of Canada is determined to bring elevated inflation “all the way back” to its 2% […]
Bank of Canada’s Kozicki: Always Data-Dependent But Policy Environment Different Now
—Deputy Governor: With Rates Higher, Inflation Lower, Policy Question Now is Whether More Rate Increases Needed –Will Be Prepared to Act Forcefully on Upside Surprise but That’s Hypothetical –High Inflation Largely from Global Factors but Strong Domestic Demand Becoming More Important By Max Sato (MaceNews) – The Bank of Canada has been making policy decisions […]