June 29, 2016
The Bank of Canada should not squander its hard-won credibility by increasing its target rate of inflation, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Toward the Next Renewal of the Inflation-Control Agreement: Questions Facing the Bank of Canada,” author Steve Ambler concludes that Steven Poloz should stay with 2 percent in the new inflation-control agreement due before year-end.