Brookfield Asset Management

The Carney Chronicles: Ep10, Canada is Carney’s Piggybank

The Canadian Economy I introduced the TIC report in US Treasury International Capital (TIC) System Data. The most recent version of it is Table 5: Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities. I’ve been following it for a couple of decades. Back at the start, Russia had about the 5th highest Read more

By The POOG, 2 monthsAugust 19, 2025 ago

Canada

Mark Carney on a Zero Percent Inflation Target

I recently remembered a speech that Mark Carney gave as governor of the Bank of Canada (BoC), to the Montreal Board of Trade. In it he discussed the BoC’s position on inflation rate targets and the issues involved in setting them. I wrote about it in my former blog (long Read more

By The POOG, 1 yearOctober 9, 2024 ago