BoC's Poloz: We're decidedly neutral on interest rates given circumstances and risks

More headlines are crossing the wires, via Reuters, from Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz's press conference:

  • Confident that quality of indebtedness is steadily strengthening due to last year's govt changes
  • There's no question that having had low interest rates for some time has contributed to demand for housing
  • Interest rates are not what is fueling speculation, though adds to demand
  • There's no credit boom to go with speculative phase in housing
  • We're decidedly neutral on interest rates given circumstances and risks
  • Last three months of data have not been uniformly positive but much more positive than over last year
  • We need to be cautious and not make policy on short-term trends in data

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