Canada needs to look internationally to raise capital to finance the country's massive build-out. Need to offer a significant premium to money-market rates to attract investment. Ideally, investment should come within Canada; if investment comes outside the country, then those returns leave Canada. U.S. Fed: they should not hike interest rates, though the street is betting on it, and the Fed likely will.
How the U.S. Fed will react to inflation. The market is pricing in a 25 bps rate increase, with more to follow. But he doesn't think inflation is as big a problem as the market perceives. The Fed's favourite metric is core PCE; its historic range is 2-3%. The Fed's target should be higher than 2% which is not realistic. The oil shock is driving inflation now, but indicators point to median inflation, which is good. Higher rates won't fix high AI spending and will hurt only poorer people.