Economics

Bank of Canada Raises Policy Rate to 0.5%, Sees More Hikes Ahead

  • Macklem signals growing risk of rising inflation expectations
  • But central bank opts to wait before unwinding balance sheet
Tiff MacklemPhotographer: David Kawai/Bloomberg
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Canada’s central bank started what’s expected to be a series of interest-rate hikes as it tries to wrestle inflation down from a three-decade high.