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• January 24, 2024

  Monetary Policy Report – January 2024

  

  Interest rates are working to moderate spending and inflation is easing gradually, though underlying pressures are proving persistent. The Bank projects that inflation will stay around 3% through the first half of 2024, returning to target in 2025.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
• 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