Poloz takes on the ’cavalier’ critics of fiscal stimulus
Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz comes to the defence of deficit spending and its effect on growth
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What does the Bank of Canada really think drove oil prices?
While the Bank of Canada has generally said fundamentals drove the oil boom, there have been hints it saw other factors at play
Why Harriet Brooks fits the bill
A pioneering physicist, Brooks wrote that a woman ’has the right to the practice of her profession’
Why negative interest rates won’t work
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz is a big fan of metaphors, so here are a few to explain why negative interest rates are a bad idea for Canada
Negative interest rates? That’s a negative.
Interest rates in Japan and Europe are now less than zero. That’s not a disaster—but it could lead to one.
Like everyone else, the Bank of Canada awaits the first Trudeau budget
The Bank offered a rare acknowledgement that a prospective spending push on infrastructure influenced its call
A year after Poloz’s surprise interest rate cut, what’s changed?
Here are how some key measures of Canada’s economy changed since Stephen Poloz’s first interest rate cut in 2015, all in one handy chart.
Free money? Watch what you wish for.
Jason Kirby examines the true impact of Stephen Poloz’s surprise 2015 plan to cut the bank’s key overnight rate, one year ago this month
Stephen Poloz explains what Justin Trudeau is up against
Ottawa is buoyed by a frantic energy. But the Bank of Canada governor warns that there’s no easy policy fix for the economy—it needs to work itself out
For the record: What Stephen Poloz said today about the economy
’The forces that have been set in motion simply must work themselves out’