March 23, 2021/Access Bank Report Pre MPC Communique March 2021
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Four Charts on Canada’s Carbon Pollution Pricing System
IMF Country Focus March 18, 2021/IMF By Ian Parry, IMF Fiscal Affairs Department With a federal price on carbon now written into law, Canada is fighting climate change. The country’s enhanced carbon pricing measures put it on track to meet its Paris Agreement targets, providing a model for other large-emitting […]
Post MPC Mar 2021: MPC Maintains Status Quo, but Underlying Tone Signals a Hawkish Bias
March 23, 2021/Cordros Report Faced with the dilemma of (1) maintaining an accommodative monetary stance to stimulate economic growth or (2) hiking interest rates to tame rising inflationary pressures, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to hold all key parameters constant. However, unlike the previous meeting where the Committee reached […]