The Bank of Canada’s quarterly surveys offer some evidence that aggressive policy tightening is having the intended effects, with widespread fears of recession leading to a moderation in wage expectations and an easing of long-run inflation expectations. Nevertheless, with firms’ wage expectations still elevated and consumers’ short-term inflation expectations heading higher, the Bank will remain in a hawkish mood at its meeting this month.
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