Q&A
BOC Schrembri answers Q&A and says:
- NAFTA uncertainties impacting business investment
- rates are below neutral because of NAFTA uncertainty
- we recognize lower interest rates do create financial vulnerabilities
- capacity is being hindered by firm's reluctance to take on investment in face of uncertainty
- global forces determine equilibrium neutral rate in Canada
- not enough evidence to move neutral interest rate
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