Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Toni Gravelle said on Thursday that concerns about upside inflation risks are heightened much more than usual.
“We are likely to react a little bit more readily to the upside risk given it’s already above our inflation-control range”, Gravelle added.
For reference, the bank’s inflation-control range is 1.0%-3.0%. The comments come in wake of remarks from Gravelle earlier in the session.
Gravelle\u2019s comments are hawkish in tone, at the same time the comments are hinting at a proactive BoC response to upside inflation risks, but the Canadian dollar does not seem to have reacted.
The Bank of Canada will leave its inflation target at 2.0%, the mid-point of a 1.0%-3.0% range, in a soon-to-be-announced review of its monetary policy framework. However, the bank will include new language on the importance of employment to the economy.
The upcoming announcement will be a very clear reaffirmation of the centrality of the inflation target.
But it is not a photocopy of last time, there is a little bit of updating to reflect what the bank is already doing, some updating of the language to reflect the consideration the bank is already giving to employment factors.
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