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MNI INTERVIEW: BOC To Cut By July, Go Slow- Ex Deputy Beaudry

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Prices are sticky but the economy has been weak for a while.

Former Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Paul Beaudry told MNI the central bank remains on track to lower interest rates at one of its next two meetings and the pace will be slow given evidence of sticky inflation.

“Things are pointing in the direction of lower rates in Canada ” said Beaudry, who retired from the Bank last July and returned to the University of British Columbia. “That caution is very much how fast.” (See: MNI INTERVIEW: BOC Can Move Far Once Rate Cuts Begin- Devlin)

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Former Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Paul Beaudry told MNI the central bank remains on track to lower interest rates at one of its next two meetings and the pace will be slow given evidence of sticky inflation.

“Things are pointing in the direction of lower rates in Canada ” said Beaudry, who retired from the Bank last July and returned to the University of British Columbia. “That caution is very much how fast.” (See: MNI INTERVIEW: BOC Can Move Far Once Rate Cuts Begin- Devlin)

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