Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Paul Beaudry spoke earlier:

BOC's Beaudry: Bank will continue to do whatever is necessary to restore price stability

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Back on the wires now with a little more:

  • too early to say if global tightening will lead to recession
  • looking very closely at how people are refinancing mortgages and the impact on the economy
  • if we issue a central bank digital currency, we want it to be secure, resembles cash, and be backed by a bank.

more to come

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