Stephen Poloz
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Poloz warns regulation could stifle credit to SMEs
Bank of Canada governor says new financial regulation likely to reduce the availability of credit to small companies by discouraging financial innovation
Bank of Canada's Poloz defends language on household imbalances
Governor explains Bank of Canada has not changed its assessment of household imbalances, after describing them as a 'significant risk' to financial stability in policy announcement
Bank of Canada governor highlights need to ‘incorporate uncertainty' in decision-making
Stephen Poloz says central bank uses ‘ranges rather than points' in its inflation and growth forecasts; estimates neutral rate of interest to be between 3% and 4%
Poloz recommends dropping forward guidance as conditions normalise
Bank of Canada governor suggests there are better ways of communicating when conditions normalise; most respondents to CentralBanking.com poll agree
Canada governor says ‘manipulating markets not in our game plan'
Stephen Poloz says attempts to influence exchange rate, including via ‘verbal guidance', would ‘do more harm than good'
Poloz warns of household vulnerabilities in Canada's financial sector
Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says enhanced framework to highlight vulnerabilities shows household debt and housing lending are areas of concern
Poloz says low rates may be new norm
Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says there is growing consensus that interest rates will remain at low levels even when the Canadian economy has recovered
Bank of Canada looks to anecdotal evidence amid economic models' ‘weakening performance'
Governor Stephen Poloz says experiences of faltering economic models last year has led the bank to focus increasingly on surveys and meetings with local businesses
Canada's Poloz says demographic shift may be shackling growth
Bank of Canada governor says country's demographic profile means contribution to potential growth by human capital will diminish as 'baby boomers' retire and more people save for retirement
Canadian economy rowing to safety, says Poloz
Stephen Poloz says central bank's job is to fill the crater left by the burst bubble with liquidity - but when the economy has rowed itself to safety, the bank can reduce the injections