Moody Mark, sunny Stephen
Is the new central-bank governor’s optimism warranted?
WHEN Mark Carney was governor of the Bank of Canada he made a habit of warning his compatriots that a day of reckoning was coming if they did not stop piling up debt. The central bank would not keep interest rates low forever. Eventually the overnight rate would rise from 1%, where it has been since 2010, putting pressure on indebted Canadians.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Moody Mark, sunny Stephen”
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