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Referencing 'In an emergency, break glass' signs, Bank of Canada official says, 'It's time to break the glass'
CTV News Canada ^ | 03 26 2024 | Staff

Posted on 03/27/2024 7:50:40 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

A senior Bank of Canada official says the need to improve productivity has reached an emergency level as the economy faces a future where inflation may be more of a threat than in the past few decades.

“You know those signs that say 'In an emergency, break the glass?' Well, it's time to break the glass,” Bank of Canada senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers said in a speech Tuesday.

Rogers said Canadian labour productivity eked out a small gain at the end of last year, but that came after six straight quarters where productivity fell.

She noted the U.S. has seen productivity gains coming out of the pandemic as firms found their footing, but Canada has not seen the same.

“In fact, the level of productivity in Canada's business sector is more or less unchanged from where it was seven years ago,” Rogers said.

The need to improve productivity comes as Rogers said many of the forces that helped create a benign environment for inflation in the past are going to fade away, or even reverse.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bankofcanada; canada; economy; inflation; productivity
Productivity is down...and with all those new immigrants.
1 posted on 03/27/2024 7:50:40 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

They could... oh, I don’t know, quit punishing Alberta to keep it in its place.


2 posted on 03/27/2024 7:52:18 PM PDT by Jonty30 (A rich man is called a sugar daddy. A poor man is called into HR.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Canada has a VERY ‘diversified’ population, so what’s the surprise here?


3 posted on 03/27/2024 8:01:30 PM PDT by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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To: Jonty30

Or get rid of Fidel Trudeau who punishes all of Canada.


4 posted on 03/27/2024 8:03:19 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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> Bank of Canada official says, 'It's time to break the glass' <

Shouldn’t Ms. Rogers be in jail? I thought Canada had laws to punish such inflammatory talk.


5 posted on 03/27/2024 8:14:06 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: yesthatjallen

National Post reports, “Secret RCMP report warns Canadians may revolt once they realize how broke they are”.

A secret RCMP report is warning the federal government that Canada may descend into civil unrest once citizens realize the hopelessness of their economic situation.

“The coming period of recession will … accelerate the decline in living standards that the younger generations have already witnessed compared to earlier generations,” reads the report, entitled Whole-of-Government Five-Year Trends for Canada.

In part & credit to National Post
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/secret-rcmp-report-warns-canadians-may-revolt-once-they-realize-how-broke-they-are

Isn’t Justin Trudeau just great!!


6 posted on 03/27/2024 8:14:12 PM PDT by existentially_kuffer
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7 posted on 03/27/2024 8:29:57 PM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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‘In an emergency, break the glass?’ Well, it’s time to break the glass,” Bank of Canada senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers said in a speech Tuesday.


At this point, what can they possibly do ?

They could reverse out the green energy mandates, and reverse the future farm output reductions. But that just stop the bleeding.

To actually get productivity gains, things have to start getting better, not just getting less worse.

They have created such a housing bubble and household debt bubble that there is no way out.

If house prices start falling they will wipe out almost every household financially, as well as all the banks.

If house prices don’t fall, no-one who is not a millionaire will ever be able to own a house, or even a condo.


8 posted on 03/27/2024 8:37:46 PM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: C210N

Yup, up next is the Carbon Tax on April fools day.


9 posted on 03/27/2024 8:39:35 PM PDT by existentially_kuffer
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To: yesthatjallen

>>>Productivity is down...and with all those new immigrants.

Bingo on the immigration issue. Per a Stat some 40K/month or 500K/yr immigrants enter Canada. No wonder housing prices are skyrocketing! Yes, I know Trudeau’s government is trying to stem the inflow while doing a crash programing building homes. POOR POOR PLANING!!


10 posted on 03/27/2024 8:56:22 PM PDT by existentially_kuffer
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To: existentially_kuffer

How well the planning is dependent upon what they were trying to achieve.


11 posted on 03/27/2024 9:09:38 PM PDT by Jonty30 (A rich man is called a sugar daddy. A poor man is called into HR.)
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12 posted on 03/27/2024 9:17:40 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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What’s her plan? Printing more dollars?


13 posted on 03/27/2024 9:24:18 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: lurk

The greatest desire of a politician is to get out of office before everything falls apart.

Her plan is to leave it to the next guy.


14 posted on 03/27/2024 10:17:25 PM PDT by Jonty30 (A rich man is called a sugar daddy. A poor man is called into HR.)
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>>>How well the planning is dependent upon what they were trying to achieve.

8yrs & millions upon millions spent on consultants is plenty on trying. A bloated bureaucracy that’s reactive (with scandals) & little of preventative or predictive achievements.


15 posted on 03/27/2024 10:18:19 PM PDT by existentially_kuffer
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To: yesthatjallen

Take all non white Canadians and place them into the ocean.
Productivity increases.


16 posted on 03/28/2024 4:50:32 AM PDT by EEGator
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