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Macklem: Price Setting Behaviour Starting to Normalize

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  • Speaking in the media Q&A, Macklem updates prior conditions that were seen needed to further lower inflation:

*MACKLEM: PRICE-SETTING BEHAVIOR STARTING TO NORMALIZE - bbg

*MACKLEM: WAGE GROWTH NEEDS TO MODERATE TO CURB INFLATION - bbg


  • This from the Apr 12 BoC opening statement: “Our destination is the 2% inflation target, and several things still have to happen to get inflation all the way back to target. Inflation expectations have to come down further, services price inflation and wage growth need to moderate, and corporate pricing behaviour has to normalize. Inflation expectations have to come down further, services price inflation and wage growth need to moderate, and corporate pricing behaviour has to normalize.”

With a dovish addition: *MOUNTING BANK STRESS INCREASES RISK OF OVERTIGHTENING: MACKLEM - bbg

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