Every month, StatCan releases the Consumer Price Index, doing the important work of measuring inflation. But what does that number tell us about the health of the economy? It might seem as though inflation is the bad guy: higher prices mean Canadians’ money doesn’t go as far, but maybe inflation isn’t all bad. Guy Gellatly, Chief Economic Advisor at StatCan, joins the podcast team to break down inflation targeting and to explore why some inflation is better than no inflation at all.
Check out the latest episode entitled In a Movie About the Economy, Is Inflation the Bad Guy?
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