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Bank Of Canada Urges Businesses To Adapt
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Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem told an Empire Club speech in Toronto on Feb. 5, 2026, that businesses must 'lean into' structural changes including U.S. tariffs, artificial intelligence and slower population growth or risk failing to adapt. The central bank forecasts weak economic growth over the next two years and says limited labour-force expansion this year will produce uneven job-market recovery. The Bank held its policy rate at 2.25%.
Key Points
- 1Highlights structural disruptors: U.S. tariffs, artificial intelligence, and slowing population growth.
- 2Warns these forces constrain growth and cause uneven labour-market recovery over next two years.
- 3Advises firms to invest in technology and markets or face poorer jobs, wages, affordability.
Scoring Rationale
Official central-bank warning with broad economic relevance; limited novelty and shallow detail reduce actionable depth for practitioners.
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