"The inflation target and a floating exchange rate work well together—indeed they reinforce each other. This approach has worked extraordinarily well for us over the last decade."

— Governor David Dodge, Canada's Experience with Inflation Targets and a Flexible Exchange Rate: Lessons Learned (speech)

Flexible exchange rate

Canada's flexible exchange rate permits us to pursue an independent monetary policy suited to the needs of our own economy and acts as a "shock absorber." More information:

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