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The Bank of Canada took a new major step to pull back on the amount of stimulus it has been providing to support the domestic economy on Wednesday.The latest step constitutes ending net new purchases through its quantitative easing program and moving up its forecast for when it could decide …

Bank of Canada Governor, Tiff Macklem, said Thursday that Canada’s high inflation rate is largely related to the unique circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic, although there is a risk it could be more persistent than policy makers had expected.Speaking virtually before the Council on Foreign Relations, in Washington, Macklem said …