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Time running out for policymakers' hopes of rebalancing

It is becoming more clear that sluggish global demand and volatile commodity prices will outlast the willingness and ability of households' to provide debt-fuelled support to economic growth. Without any material improvement in global demand conditions, the Bank of Canada's new Governor will have to draft a new stimulus growth plan if it is to achieve its 2% inflation target within its two-year inflation-target horizon.

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