Canada's Poloz says demographic shift may be shackling growth

Baby boomers present both risks and opportunities for the eocomy

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Bank of Canada

Demographic forces and the hangover from the global financial crisis together are putting limits on economic growth, Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz said in a speech yesterday.

"A period of subdued growth after a financial crisis can still be regarded as cyclical," Poloz said. "But the global economy may not be just suffering through a hangover from the financial crisis. There are other, longer-term forces at work as well."

Poloz described these factors as separate but working together. On

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