central bank /channels/taxonomy/term/2169/all en Focus shifts to labour market in inflation fight | Investment Executive /channels/channels/news/focus-shifts-labour-market-inflation-fight-investment-executive-344872 <p>January 10, 2023 | Professor<a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/chris-ragan"> Christopher Ragan</a>, Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy spoke at the Global Risk Institute webinar and said it's "very unlikely" that the Bank of Canada has gone too far already and overtightened. He pointed to inflation expectations from businesses for the next two years remaining above the central bank's target range.</p> Thu, 12 Jan 2023 16:16:55 +0000 webfull 185961 at /channels Japan adopts negative interest rate /channels/news/japan-adopts-negative-interest-rate-258219 <p>"In a surprise move, the Bank of Japan has introduced a negative interest rate. <span>The benchmark rate of -0.1% means that commercial banks will be charged by the central bank for some deposits." (Source: <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35436187">BBC</a>)</span></p> Fri, 29 Jan 2016 21:11:32 +0000 webfull 115633 at /channels