Tag: Inflation

  • Tariff Bite

    Minneapolis Fed researchers say the long-delayed pass-through of tariffs to consumer prices “has arrived,” adding up to 0.4 points to core inflation as the FOMC prepares to meet MINNEAPOLIS, September 10, 2026 The tariff bill is finally landing on American receipts. After more than a year in which economists puzzled over why sweeping import duties…

  • Rate Hold Looms

    Economists are unanimous that the Bank of Canada will leave its policy rate at 2.25 per cent on Wednesday, but the escalating tariff conflict with Washington has reopened a debate the central bank thought it had settled, and the guidance matters more to exporters than the decision itself. OTTAWA, September 1, 2026 – The Bank…