-- TD銀行は、カナダ銀行が先週政策金利を据え置いたことは、堅調な財政政策を反映したものであり、経済が予想通りに推移していることを示していると述べた。 同行が発表した金融政策報告書では、原油価格の上昇が短期的にインフレを押し上げていることが強調されているが、カナダ銀行の基本シナリオでは、エネルギー価格の下落に伴い、これらの影響は徐々に薄れていくと指摘した。 経済に若干の余剰余金が残っており、コアインフレ率が目標水準に近いことから、政策担当者は引き続き忍耐が必要だと示唆した。TD銀行も以前から同様の見解を示している。 とはいえ、カナダ銀行は今後の見通しが非常に不確実であることを明確にした。継続的な関税の影響と、今後予定されているCUSMA貿易協定の見直しをめぐる不確実性が、輸出と投資の重荷となっている。 一方、より長期化または深刻なエネルギーショックが発生した場合、インフレ圧力が拡大し、原油価格の上昇は一時的なものだという現在の想定が覆される可能性があると、同行は述べた。カナダ銀行(BoC)は、原油価格が予想通りに下落しない場合、「政策金利の連続的な引き上げ」が必要になる可能性があると指摘した。 TD銀行は、今後の見通しについて、BoCは難しいバランス調整を迫られるだろうと付け加えた。貿易摩擦が激化し、世界的な需要がさらに軟化すれば、供給過剰が拡大し、最終的には利下げにつながる可能性がある。 一方で、エネルギー価格の高騰が持続し、インフレ期待の高まりにつながり始めれば、複数回の利上げが目前に迫る可能性もある。「様子見」が今のところの合言葉だが、時間は刻々と過ぎているとBoCは述べている。
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