Macklem, Rogers to Appear Before Senate Banking Committee Tuesday Evening

Macklem, Rogers to Appear Before Senate Banking Committee Tuesday Evening
Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada is seen at the Bank of Canada in Ottawa, on Oct. 26, 2022. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem and senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers are expected to testify before the Senate banking committee this evening.

Last week, the central bank raised interest rates for the sixth consecutive time this year.

The Bank of Canada hiked its key interest rate by half a percentage point on Wednesday and signalled interest rates would have to rise further to clamp down on decades-high inflation.

Canada’s annual inflation rate was 6.9 percent in September but has been steadily declining since reaching its highest rate this year of 8.1 percent in June.

The Bank of Canada also released its latest monetary policy report last week, which suggested the Canadian economy is headed for a significant slowdown toward the end of the year and into the first half of 2023.

Bank of Canada officials are typically called in to testify following the release of the April and October monetary policy reports.