Let's Defend the Dollar
<time datetime="1998-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">January 1, 1998</time>
Where We Go from Here: Inflation Targets in Canada's Monetary Policy Regime
<time datetime="1997-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">January 1, 1997</time>
Op-Ed
When Ottawa caps interest rates, high-risk borrowers don’t get loans - Financial Post
Ottawa has set its sights on reining in predatory lending rates. Last year it set out draft regulations that would lower the rate non-prime lenders can charge from 48 to 35 per cent (“annual…
Op-Ed
The old bank and the Red Sea: Bank of Canada must address threat of geopolitics - Globe and Mail
The Bank of Canada again held its target for the overnight rate at 5 per cent on Wednesday, as expected. The clamoring had begun for the bank to consider dropping rates in hopes that inflation is…
Council Report
C.D. Howe Institute Monetary Policy Council Calls for Bank of Canada to Hold Overnight Rate at 5.00 Percent through March, Cut to 3.75 Percent by January of 2025
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…

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