The Bank of Canada will make its final rate increase in October after a pause next week, says Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

  • vasametropolis@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I wouldn’t undercut yourself so much - they have more experience but every situation is different. Inflation in July was largely due to increased mortgage payments (2.4% if you exclude mortgage increases from rate increases). So when the only knob they have can also cause a bigger issue, it’s fair to criticize that they are just going with the flow and praying. If you jump from 0.25 to 5 in such a short time frame, you just worsened inflation on mortgages while improving everything else to the point where it might all cancel out.

    They are absolutely flying by the seat of their pants and throwing the average worker under the bus.