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BMOは、カナダ銀行は見通しがより明確になるまで様子見の姿勢を維持する可能性が高いと述べている。

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-- モントリオール銀行(BMO)によると、カナダ銀行は水曜日、予想通り政策金利を2.25%に据え置いた。 同行は、政策声明は事実に基づき、原油価格と貿易の見通しに関する不確実性を強調していると指摘した。経済は概ね予想通りに推移しており、第4四半期の縮小後、成長は回復している。 労働市場は依然として軟調である。カナダ銀行は、原油価格の上昇は成長にとってほぼ中立的であると見ている。インフレに関する解説では、コアインフレ率の減速が指摘されているが、カナダ中央銀行はエネルギー価格の上昇がインフレに波及する兆候を注視していくとしている。 BMOは、カナダ銀行は当面、総合インフレ率の上昇を容認するが、それが持続的なインフレにつながることは許さないと述べた。 金融政策報告書では、成長見通しに若干の変更があった。第1四半期の国内総生産(GDP)成長率は1.5%に若干下方修正され、第2四半期も1.5%とされたが、BMOはより慎重な1.0%と見ている。これにより、2026年のインフレ率は1.2%となり、1月のMPR予測からわずかに上昇しました。 インフレ予測の変更も小幅で、2026年第4四半期の総合インフレ率は1.9%から2.2%に、コア消費者物価指数は2.1%から2.0%に下方修正されました。 中立レンジは2.25%~3.25%で据え置かれました。潜在成長率は今年と2027年でそれぞれ1.2%と1.3%にわずかに下方修正されましたが、これは主に過去のGDP修正によるものです。このことから、今年の残りの期間は需給ギャップが-1.5%~-0.5%でほぼ横ばいとなり、2027年には成長率が潜在成長率を上回るペースに加速するにつれて、ギャップはやや縮小すると同行は付け加えました。 今後の見通しには依然として多くの不確定要素があり、中でも原油価格と貿易が最も大きな懸念材料となっています。 BMOによると、状況がより明確になるまで、カナダ銀行は現状維持を続ける可能性が高い。 しかし、政策当局は二次的なインフレ効果を抑制したいと考えていることは明らかであり、エネルギー価格が下落しない限り、今後数カ月間の消費者物価指数(CPI)データは注視されるだろう。

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