<time datetime="2024-03-20T13:00:00-04:00">March 20, 2024</time>

Introduction

The C.D. Howe Institute’s toolkit for tracking the economy is a customized series of data sets from past Institute publications.…

<time datetime="2023-11-14T00:00:01-05:00">November 14, 2023</time>

Study In Brief

  • Inflation surged in most advanced economies in 2021 and 2022 before easing considerably in…
<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="2022-08-30T06:00:00-04:00">August 30, 2022</time>

Bank of Canada Policy Must Adapt to Changing Interest Rate Environments 

  • The Bank of Canada needs to take into account prevailing interest rate environments and…
<time datetime="2022-07-05T13:49:08-04:00">July 5, 2022</time>

The Study In Brief

With rising inflation top-of-mind for Canadians, a major question is: Can we predict its future? This …

Intelligence Memos
To: Interest rate watchers From: Jeremy M. Kronick and Steve Ambler Date: March 13, 2024 Re: No Rate Cut Yet. Here’s Why Headline inflation in January moved back into the Bank of…
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…
Op-Ed
News that Canada’s inflation rate fell in January has prompted fresh debate about cuts in the Bank of Canada’s policy interest rate, which has been at five per cent since last July.…
Op-Ed
On ne peut choisir une combinaison d’emploi et d’inflation, comme on mélange à sa guise l’eau chaude et l’eau froide dans sa douche. Si la Banque du Canada veut maximiser l’emploi de manière durable…
Op-Ed
Ça, étant une inflation persistante et généralisée, que les banques centrales doivent écraser par une hausse accélérée des taux d’intérêt, au risque élevé de récession ! Ça, expliquant l’humeur…
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…