• BoC's governor Poloz: BoC stands ready to augment all programs if needed

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15 April 2020

BoC's governor Poloz: BoC stands ready to augment all programs if needed

  • Says commodity-producing countries are being hit twice right now
  • Balance of risks is a decline in inflation
  • Risk of sustained deflation in Canada is low
  • Repeats that 0.25% in effective lower bound
  • There has been some improvement in market functioning
  • Corporate bond market continues to show signs of strain
  • BoC has so far accumulated over CAD200 billion of new assets, amounting to about 10% of Canada's GDP
  • Extending repo program should help banks and lower mortgage rates

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