BOC: Policy rate should hit 2% by the end of 2022 – Scotiabank
|Analysts at Scotiabank offer their take on the Bank of Canada’s (BOC) monetary policy, predicting the policy rate to hit 2% by the end of 2022.
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“Despite a clear, but temporary, negative impact of Omicron on economic activity, it is clear that inflationary pressures are larger than earlier assessed and require a more robust monetary policy response.”
“In Canada, we expect a 25bps move on January 26 followed by 150bps of additional tightening for the remainder of the year, for a total increase of 175bps this year.”
The policy rate should hit 2% by the end of 2022. Despite that path, the real policy rate would remain negative through the year.”
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