28 Mar 2017
Canada has a lot more room to grow - BoC's Poloz
Stephen Poloz, Governor of the Bank of Canada, is responding to questions following his speech at Durham College on ‘Canada’s economic history’.
Key quotes (via Reuters)
- Asked about implications of Fed hike on Canada, says what matters is not difference in two nations' growth rates, but that Canada has a lot more room to grow
- We can grow faster than the United States for a while
- In era where will probably be some changes to trade architecture, we welcome "dusting off" of NAFTA
- If we were to raise rates back to normal levels today, economy would be in recession