Hawkish Fed forces the Bank to do more

The hawkish message from the Federal Reserve this week has prompted us to revise up our forecast for the peak policy rate in Canada to 4.0%, even as the latest data suggest that inflationary pressures are easing and the economy faces a growing risk of recession.  

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