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A stable 4% inflation could get Canadians one half million more jobs

Author: Pierre Fortin; Centre interuniversitaire sur le risque, les politiques économiques et l'emploi,
Publisher: [Montréal, Québec.] : Centre interuniversitaire sur le risque, les politiques économiques et l'emploi, Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, [2016] [2016]
Series: Cahier de recherche (Centre interuniversitaire sur le risque, les politiques économiques et l'emploi), $v16-04.
Edition/Format:  eBook : Document : English
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The Inflation-Control Agreement between the Government and the Bank of Canada is reviewed and renewed every five years. In this paper, I propose that the upcoming 2016 agreement increase the inflation target by 2 percentage points, from the current 2% to 4%. I first note that the room to stimulate economic activity and employment when the Bank of Canada judges that it is needed has narrowed dangerously in the past  Read more...
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All Authors / Contributors: Pierre Fortin; Centre interuniversitaire sur le risque, les politiques économiques et l'emploi,
OCLC Number: 985294320
Notes: "Avril/April 2016."
Description: 1 online resource (51 pages) : color illustrations
Series Title: Cahier de recherche (Centre interuniversitaire sur le risque, les politiques économiques et l'emploi), $v16-04.
Responsibility: Pierre Fortin.
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The Inflation-Control Agreement between the Government and the Bank of Canada is reviewed and renewed every five years. In this paper, I propose that the upcoming 2016 agreement increase the inflation target by 2 percentage points, from the current 2% to 4%. I first note that the room to stimulate economic activity and employment when the Bank of Canada judges that it is needed has narrowed dangerously in the past 25 years. I argue that the only fully effective means of freeing the Bank from the operational straightjacket into which it has fallen is setting the inflation target at 4% instead of 2%. I then report of evidence that the strong resistance of Canadian employers and employees to money wage cuts generates a significant permanent trade-off between inflation and unemployment at the macro level when inflation is less than 5%.

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