Tiff macklem articles
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Charles Barkley apologizes for Galveston comments as tiff heats up
Charles Barkley set out Monday night to clarify his recent joke-gone-terribly-wrong comments about the city of Galveston, Texas. It may be too late, because some prominent Galveston residents fired back at Barkley as the bizarre tiff between the two sides continues. Barkley set things in motion Saturday on TNT’s post-game show by joking that the
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Macklem tries to stay out of the fray as MPs do their best to use him to score points
OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem navigates a political minefield every time he testifies before the House of Commons finance committee. Four times a year, members of Parliament get the chance to question the governor on monetary policy. At a time when inflation and interest rates are both high, MPs - particularly Opposition ones - are eager to ask him about politically charged issues. Is the federal government spending too much? How much is carbon pricing pushing up prices?...
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Macklem says he doesn't think federal budget will have much of an impact on inflation
OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem said he doesn't think the federal budget tabled last month will have much of an effect on inflation. Macklem was testifying at a Senate committee alongside senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers on Wednesday following the central bank's latest interest rate announcement. The governor said the spending plan hasn't changed the federal government's fiscal track by much, since it's offset by higher revenues. “Since the government's net fiscal plan...