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Monetary Policy & Banking Commentary Archive

Canadians weary after years of brutal inflation
By Jock Finlayson | August 28, 2024
Politicians should leave monetary policy to the Bank of Canada
By Lawrence Schembri | October 25, 2023
Federal government should take accountability lessons from the Bank of Canada
By Lawrence Schembri, Steven Globerman | August 18, 2023
Rising prices at the grocery store—it’s complicated
By Jock Finlayson | May 10, 2023
Outlook for interest rates remains uncertain while governments rack up more debt
By Lawrence Schembri, Steven Globerman | March 30, 2023
Don’t raise the Bank of Canada’s 2% inflation target
By Lawrence Schembri, Steven Globerman | March 10, 2023
Bank of Canada adopts transparency reforms but still lags behind other central banks
By Lawrence Schembri, Steven Globerman | January 11, 2023
Independent central bank may be only defense against Ottawa’s ‘crisis’ management
By Steven Globerman | September 15, 2022
Inflation in Canada—follow the money
By Robert P. Murphy | June 17, 2022
Inflation—why now and not post-2008?
By Ross McKitrick | May 22, 2022
Canadians suffering from Ottawa’s ‘fairy dust’ approach
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis | May 18, 2022
Ottawa threatening Bank of Canada’s independent image
By Steven Globerman | May 5, 2022
Ottawa benefits from inflation-spurred tax revenue
By Steven Globerman | April 15, 2022
Canada faces perfect inflation storm
By Steven Globerman | March 23, 2022
Bank of Canada could muddy price signals with aggressive monetary policy
By Steven Globerman | February 2, 2022
Latest inflation numbers may be sign of things to come
By Jake Fuss | January 26, 2022
Canadian economy ripe for persistent high inflation
By Steven Globerman | December 6, 2021
Central bank ‘equity’ quest raises questions about non-traditional monetary tools
By Steven Globerman | November 26, 2021
Bank of Canada’s inflation-fighting strategy may not be enough
By Steven Globerman | November 4, 2021
Learn from ‘Nixon shock’—control central bankers, limit ability to debase currency
By Robert P. Murphy | August 13, 2021
Modern Monetary Theory remains a dangerous policy prescription in Canada and beyond
By Steven Globerman | May 26, 2021
We do not need a wealth tax
By Philip Cross | October 22, 2020
Ottawa reducing value of money and spending billions
By Fred McMahon | October 7, 2020
Government debt and the next recession
By Livio Di Matteo | October 25, 2018
What’s killing ICBC—and should it be saved
By John Chant | April 5, 2018