The Bank of Canada's decision to drop its neutral forward guidance reflects a change in its policy communications approach and not the interest rate outlook. With less explicit forward guidance to go by in the future, market inferences about the policy rate outlook will depend more on the Bank's economic forecasts and its assessment of financial stability risks. On these grounds, the Bank still appears to be neutral.
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