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Inflation targeting policy not enough

Canada’s inflation target agreement between the Federal government and the Bank of Canada is up for renewal next year and the conventional wisdom is that it doesn’t need fixing. In contrast, we think there is a strong argument to be made that inflation targeting is not enough and that the Bank of Canada should be given new macro-prudential regulatory powers.

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