Milton Friedman and others tried to explain interest rates using liquidity, economic activity, and inflation expectations. These things, however, only describe ...

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As Reserve Bank board members gather for the second day of meetings this morning, they already would have been peppered with dire warnings about the potential impact of the energy shock.

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In the lead-up to the 2024 U.S. presidential election, interest rate theory was fairly simple. If inflation was higher than a target number set by the Bank of Canada (around two per cent), then ...

Inflation remains elevated, which would normally prevent further reductions, but the soaring unemployment rate is forcing the Fed's hand. Most policymakers at the Fed foresee at least one more ...