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Mixed signals for the Bank

A slew of data releases this week presented mixed signals for the Bank of Canada ahead of next week’s policy meeting. Although core inflation has picked up and the economy probably performed a bit better in the first quarter than the Bank was expecting, big challenges remain and we expect the Bank to loosen policy later this year.

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