<time datetime="2024-03-21T00:00:01-04:00">March 21, 2024</time>
The Study in Brief
- To make informed decisions, policymakers need reliable and robust economic data, and researchers at the C.D. Howe…
<time datetime="2023-10-05T06:00:00-04:00">October 5, 2023</time>
Introduction
Central banks around the world, including the Bank of Canada, are dealing with a hangover from the…
<time datetime="2023-04-25T00:00:01-04:00">April 25, 2023</time>
The Study In Brief
- The surge of inflation as economies recovered from the COVID lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 took central…
<time datetime="2023-01-12T00:00:01-05:00">January 12, 2023</time>
The Study In Brief
- The Bank of Canada is responding to high inflation by increasing its policy interest rate. With the Bank…
<time datetime="2022-12-06T00:00:01-05:00">December 6, 2022</time>
The Study In Brief
The onset of the pandemic saw a high degree of coordination between our monetary and fiscal authorities. The…
<time datetime="2022-11-22T00:00:01-05:00">November 22, 2022</time>
The Study In Brief
The Bank of Canada’s balance sheet has undergone a radical transformation since the beginning of the pandemic.…
Op-Ed
The latest data (from February) indicate that the battle against inflation is almost over. Despite the encouraging inflation data, the Bank of Canada again held its policy rate at 5 percent on…
Op-Ed
Headline inflation in January moved back into the Bank of Canada’s 1- to 3-per-cent target range. Yet on Wednesday, the bank again held its target for the overnight rate at 5 per cent.
Why is…
Council Report
January 18, 2024 – The C.D. Howe Institute’s Monetary Policy Council (MPC) recommends that the Bank of Canada maintain its target for the overnight rate, its benchmark policy interest rate…
Op-Ed
Comme Don Quichotte qui livrait bataille aux moulins à vent, le candidat au leadership conservateur Pierre Poilievre s’en prend à la Banque du Canada et réclame la tête de son gouverneur, Tiff…
Op-Ed
En matière d’inflation, il se peut qu’à force de crier au loup, la bête surgisse pour de vrai. Il suffit que tout le monde y croie et se comporte comme tel, pour que l’inflation apparaisse.
A…
