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Bank of Canada says more time needed to bring down inflation
Bank of Canada (BoC) Governor Tiff Macklem on Tuesday said more time was needed for monetary policy to ease price pressures, while he warned that the biggest driver of prices - shelter costs - cannot be tamed by borrowing costs. "We can see monetary policy is working to bring down inflation ... and we need to give monetary policy more time to ease the remaining price pressures," he said during a speech at the Montreal Council of Foreign Relations. Canada's central bank has increased its key overnight rate 10 times in 17 months to a 22-year high of 5%. It has held the rate constant for its last four meetings. ... (full story)