-- 蒙特利尔银行(BMO)表示,加拿大央行周三维持利率不变,仍为2.25%,符合预期。 该行指出,政策声明基于事实,强调了油价和贸易前景的不确定性。经济表现基本符合预期,在第四季度萎缩后出现反弹。 劳动力市场依然疲软。加拿大央行认为油价上涨对经济增长的影响基本中性。通胀评论强调了核心通胀指标增速放缓,但指出加拿大央行将密切关注能源价格上涨的传导效应。 蒙特利尔银行表示,加拿大央行目前将忽略较高的总体通胀,但不会允许其演变为持续性通胀。 货币政策报告对经济增长前景进行了小幅调整。第一季度国内生产总值增长预期略微下调至1.5%,第二季度预期为1.5%,但蒙特利尔银行更为谨慎,认为第二季度增长预期应为1.0%。这使得2026年的经济增长率达到1.2%,实际上比1月份货币政策报告(MPR)的预测略有上调。 通胀预测的变化幅度也不大,2026年第四季度总体通胀率从1.9%下调至2.2%,而核心消费者价格指数则从2.1%下调至2.0%。 中性通胀区间维持在2.25%至3.25%不变。今年和2027年的潜在增长率分别略微下调至1.2%和1.3%,但这一调整主要是由于历史GDP数据的修正。该行补充道,这意味着今年剩余时间内产出缺口将基本保持不变,在-1.5%至-0.5%之间,然后在2027年随着经济增长回升至高于潜在水平,产出缺口将略有收窄。 前景仍存在诸多未知因素,其中石油和贸易是最大的未知数。据蒙特利尔银行(BMO)称,在形势更加明朗之前,加拿大央行可能会维持利率不变。 然而,政策制定者显然希望抑制第二轮通胀的影响,因此,如果能源价格没有回落,未来几个月的消费者物价指数(CPI)数据将受到密切关注。
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