-- 加拿大央行週三維持基準利率在2.25%不變,原因是中東衝突和美國貿易政策重塑全球貿易格局導致市場「波動加劇」。央行表示:“這兩方面都持續存在不確定性。” 央行表示,管理委員會正在考慮戰爭對通膨的直接影響,但不會允許能源價格上漲演變為持續性通膨。 「隨著情況的變化,我們將隨時準備好根據需要做出應對。央行致力於在全球動盪時期維護加拿大人對物價穩定的信心。」央行補充道。 加拿大央行在聲明中表示,加拿大經濟成長前景與1月貨幣政策報告的預測一致。 聲明補充說:「在經歷了2025年第四季的萎縮之後,預計2026年初經濟將恢復成長。消費者和政府支出支撐著經濟活動,而關稅和貿易不確定性則對出口和企業投資構成壓力。第四季度住房市場活動有所下降,人口增長緩慢、經濟不確定性和持續存在的住房負擔能力問題阻礙了這一增長。 「央行4月的預測顯示,2026年GDP成長率為1.2%,2027年將升至1.6%,2028年將升至1.7%,出口和企業投資的成長將以較低的成長率恢復。隨著GDP成長率略高於潛在水平,目前經濟中的過剩供給將逐步被消化。 「由於汽油價格大幅上漲,3月份CPI通膨率攀升至2.4%。之前幾個月通膨數據持續放緩。核心通膨率一直在下降,在最近的通膨報告中穩定在略高於2%的水平。CPI籃子中超過3%的商品和服務價格佔近幾個月也有所下降。 正如預期,目前幾乎沒有證據表明油價上漲已更廣泛地傳導至商品和服務價格,但這需要在未來幾個月密切關注。 「4月份CPI通膨率可能進一步上升至3%左右。基於油價將有所回落的假設,通膨率預計將於明年初降至2%的目標水平,並在預測期內維持在2%左右。 在此背景下,並考慮到目前的預測,管理委員會決定維持政策利率在2.25%不變。
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