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  • April 10, 2024

    Monetary Policy Report – April 2024

    Monetary Policy Report – April
    Monetary policy is working to reduce inflationary pressures and inflation is coming down, although it will take more time to see if this progress proves durable. The Bank projects that inflation will stay around 3% into the second quarter of 2024, ease below 2.5% in the second half of the year and return to target in 2025.
    Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
  • April 1, 2024

    Business Outlook Survey—First Quarter of 2024

    Business sentiment and sales growth expectations have stopped falling, according to firms responding to the Business Outlook Survey and the Business Leaders’ Pulse. But demand remains subdued, which is allowing price pressures and the labour market to ease. As a result, fewer firms than in the previous survey are planning unusually large or frequent price increases over the next 12 months.
    Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
  • January 15, 2024

    Business Outlook Survey—Fourth Quarter of 2023

    Results from the Business Outlook Survey and the Business Leaders’ Pulse show that with high interest rates and soft demand, firms’ sales growth has slowed over the past 12 months. Firms are less optimistic about current business conditions than they were last quarter, but they expect their sales growth to stabilize in the coming year. With competition returning and demand remaining soft, businesses’ pricing behaviour is slowly returning to normal.
    Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
  • October 16, 2023

    Business Outlook Survey—Third Quarter of 2023

    Results from the Business Outlook Survey for the third quarter of 2023, along with those from the July, August and September 2023 Business Leaders’ Pulse surveys suggest that on balance, firms are still planning to make larger and more frequent price increases than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, businesses' outlook for demand has continued to weaken as higher interest rates impact the economy.
    Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
  • June 30, 2023

    Business Outlook Survey—Second Quarter of 2023

    Results from the Business Outlook Survey for the second quarter of 2023, along with those from the April, May and June 2023 Business Leaders’ Pulse surveys, suggest that capacity pressures remain elevated and expectations of significant price increases continue to be widespread. Firms anticipate that sales growth will begin to moderate from exceptionally high rates as signs of greater uncertainty emerge.
    Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
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