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Wilkins keeps quiet on rate hikes, GDP contracts

Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins this week outlined the Bank of Canada’s thinking on wage growth. But by failing to repeat the Bank’s normal mantra about raising interest rates further, what Wilkins didn’t say is perhaps more significant than what she did say. Meanwhile, November’s drop in GDP is a sign of the weakness to come.

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