Canada: 2022 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report
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International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
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Canada has come through the pandemic relatively well and, as a commodity exporter, has been hit less hard than many other countries have been by Russia’s war on Ukraine. Nonetheless, inflation is well above target, housing affordability is a major concern following a long boom that may now have peaked, and the pandemic remains a source of risk.