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Bank of Canada’s Macklem May Face Louder Calls for Rate Relief

Plus: Does Trump always chicken out?
Tiff Macklem, governor of the Bank of Canada.Photographer: Andrej Ivanov/Bloomberg

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Wednesday marks the Bank of Canada’s first rate decision of 2026. While it’s a near certainty it will hold borrowing costs steady, economists and investors will be parsing the bank’s communications for signs of how comfortable policymakers are with that pause.