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加拿大央行仍在關注通膨,但會保持「靈活」應對,加拿大國家銀行表示。

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-- 加拿大央行週三維持政策利率不變,這與預期相符,儘管通膨上升,但央行再次重申,將忽略伊朗戰爭對消費者物價指數的直接影響。 加拿大央行指出,儘管如果能源通膨蔓延並持續,央行仍隨時準備應對,但顯然這並非其基本預期。央行更新的預測顯示,2026年全年所有項目通膨率上調了3個百分點,但加拿大央行下調了2026年核心通膨率的預測,與1月相比有所下降。 由於2025年第四季經濟成長低於預期,且2026年第一季經濟成長放緩,加拿大央行被迫對其近期成長預測進行市值調整。 然而,儘管有許多不確定因素,加拿大央行仍預期經濟成長將會回升。 加拿大國家銀行補充道,政策制定者或許會因第一季商業展望調查(BOS)的積極表現而感到欣慰,該調查顯示,至少在伊朗戰爭爆發前,市場樂觀情緒正在增強。 加拿大央行的成長路徑與最終升息相符,儘管升息時機仍不確定。該行指出,目前隔夜指數掉期(OIS)隱含的利率路徑表明,年底前將升息一到兩次,這遠比上個月市場短暫預期的2026年加息超過75個基點更為現實。 然而,儘管第四季升息的可能性存在,但加拿大國家銀行仍然預計,加拿大央行要等到2027年才會開始向2.75%的中性利率水準靠攏。 總體而言,週三的利率決議基本上符合預期。該行表示,加拿大央行目前將繼續按兵不動,但其基本預期是最終升息而非降息。 加拿大央行的下一次政策決定將於6月10日做出。

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