{
  "id": 18388994,
  "title": "Bank of Canada keeps 2% inflation target in mandate renewal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/bank-of-canada-keeps-2-inflation-target-in-mandate-renewal-18388994",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-05T21:54:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CityNews",
    "slug": "citynews",
    "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/11/05/bank-of-canada-keeps-2-inflation-target-in-mandate-renewal/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada and the federal government have reaffirmed their commitment to maintaining a two percent inflation target as the cornerstone of the Bank's mandate. The central bank determines its benchmark interest rate independently from the government but derives its inflation-targeting mandate from Ottawa. In a release announcing the extension of its five-year mandate, the bank highlighted that its inflation target has been beneficial to Canadians over the past few decades. Monetary policymakers argue that the inflation target aids the central bank in making interest rate decisions to curb rapid price hikes during the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bank of Canada employs monetary policy to counteract inflationary pressures by increasing the policy rate, and to stimulate economic growth by decreasing the rate. The central bank will persist in setting monetary policy to ensure annual inflation remains neither significantly below nor above two percent, within a one-to-three percent range. The bank retains flexibility to respond to economic shocks and support growth and a robust labor market, according to the release. Bank officials anticipate that the target will continue to guide monetary policy as the economy undergoes structural changes, such as the rise of artificial intelligence and shifting demographic trends. \"Against this backdrop, the government of Canada and the Bank of Canada still agree that the best contribution monetary policy can make to the well-being of Canadians is to maintain low, stable, and predictable inflation,\" the release stated. The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point to 2.5 percent on October 28, the first hike in over three years. Inflation reached 3.1 percent in September as monetary policymakers expressed concerns that inflationary pressures from the Middle East war might soon spread. The bank announced the mandate renewal shortly after the Liberal government presented its economic projections and fiscal track in Budget 2026 on Thursday. This report by The Canadian Press was initially published on November 5, 2026.",
  "summary": "OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada and federal government have agreed to keep a target of two per cent inflation at the core of the central bank's mandate.",
  "key_points": [],
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Bank of Canada",
        "title": "Joint Statement of the Government of Canada and the Bank of Canada on the Renewal of the Monetary Policy Framework",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/joint-statement-of-the-government-of-canada-and-the-bank-of-canada-on",
        "published": "2026-11-05T16:00:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Bank of Canada keeps 2% inflation target in mandate renewal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/bank-of-canada-keeps-2-inflation-target-in-mandate-renewal",
        "published": "2026-11-05T21:54:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Bloomberg",
        "title": "Carney, Bank of Canada Renew Framework to Focus on 2% Inflation Target",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/carney-bank-of-canada-renew-framework-to-focus-on-2-inflation-target",
        "published": "2026-11-05T22:46:35.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}