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Precision Targeting: The Economics – and Politics – of Improving Canada’s Inflation-Targeting Framework
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| Citation | . 2011. Precision Targeting: The Economics – and Politics – of Improving Canada’s Inflation-Targeting Framework. ###. Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute. |
| Page Title: | Precision Targeting: The Economics – and Politics – of Improving Canada’s Inflation-Targeting Framework – C.D. Howe Institute |
| Article Title: | Precision Targeting: The Economics – and Politics – of Improving Canada’s Inflation-Targeting Framework |
| URL: | https://cdhowe.org/publication/precision-targeting-economics-and-politics-improving-canadas-inflation-targeting-framework/ |
| Published Date: | February 16, 2011 |
| Accessed Date: | May 22, 2026 |
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Cutting the inflation target to 1 percent and measuring it more accurately would have lasting economic benefits that should outweigh short-term political objections, according to a study released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In Precision Targeting: The Economics – and Politics – of Improving Canada’s Inflation-Targeting Framework, McGill University economist Christopher Ragan proposes a coherent five-part policy package for a renewed monetary policy agreement, due in 2011, between the Bank of Canada and the federal government.