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Benoit P. Durocher
Director and Principal Economist
Essentials of Monetary Policy
Bank of Canada (BoC). The BoC Pulls the Plug on QE
October 27, 2021
As expected, the BoC just announced that it will stop buying bonds on the financial markets. It’s worth remembering that it had already begun to cut back in the spring. There was no longer any reason to continue with this kind of monetary easing, what with the Canadian economy continuing to recover and inflationary pressures persistently higher than forecast.