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inflations und so weiter ...
aus der the globe and mail von heute
ZitatAlberta's inflation is everyone's interest MICHAEL MENDELSON
Globe and Mail Update
July 11, 2007 at 11:45 PM EDT
Interest rates are not the economic equivalent of the neutron bomb, reducing prices but leaving the real economy untouched. Indeed, when the Bank of Canada raises interest rates to reduce inflation, it works by deflating the whole economy — fewer people find jobs, families have a harder time paying mortgages and car loans, businesses invest less because it costs more to borrow capital. In short, there are real costs to higher interest rates.
On average, in Canada, inflation is higher than the bank's target of 2 per cent, but that average disguises a lot. In both Ontario and Quebec, the year-over-year all-items price increase is below 2 per cent.
Alberta's is 5 per cent. When David Dodge raises interest rates, it is to slow down the Alberta economy. The rest of Canada is collateral damage. Because Alberta has permitted uncontrolled exploitation of its oil and gas resources, there is a shortage of almost everything in that province.
There is a shortage of housing, roads, public transit, sewers, hospitals, schools — you name it — as well as of the human resources needed to correct the shortages.
This inevitably drives prices sky high. So the bank acts to bring price increases down by raising interest rates until it hurts enough to slow economic growth. und so weiter .....
sollen 'se mal etwas an der Zinsschraube drehen, das kuehlt hoffentlich den Immobilienmarkt. Wenn die Wirtschaft hier unter Druck geraet, kann man die Zinsen ja wieder senken.
Das Kanada Forum
Thema drucken
12.07.2007 22:53
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