Bank of Canada Governor Hints at Faster Rate Cuts Due to Labor Market Concerns

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Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem suggests a potential acceleration in interest rate cuts, citing concerns about the Canadian labor market and the risk of lower oil prices impacting the economy.

BANK of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem has opened the door to stepping up the pace of interest rate cuts, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.Macklem told the newspaper in an interview that rate-setters are concerned about Canada's labor market and the possibility of lower oil prices hitting the economy.'As you get closer to the target, your risk management calculus changes,' Macklem told the newspaper. 'You become more concerned about the downside risks.

The Bank of Canada, after keeping its key policy rate at 5 percent, a more than two-decade high, for a year, has trimmed it by a quarter point three times in a row since June, bringing it down by 75 basis points to 4.25 percent earlier this month.Overall inflation in Canada in July fell to a 40-month low of 2.5 percent.Macklem said last week that while the bank saw growth strengthening, there were some downside risks to the expected pick-up.

 

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