Figure 1-8 Key issues causing concern in North America, 2026
Canada, regard interest rates and the cost unchanged at the 3.5 percent - 3.75 percent target range in its January 2026 meeting. And However, three back-to-back rate cuts at the the Fed to cut rates further this year, with the disinflation process likely to be gradual. The range of 3.5 percent to 3.75 percent. This appointment of new Fed chair, Kevin Warsh, over Fed independence, although governance Indeed, interviewees for Global Emerging interest rates and the cost of capital, with continue to rise and at some point, people are going to start taking note, says a US-based banker, pointing out that “inflation is sticky broader capital markets," notes a private equity and the K-shaped recovery is real". They add: investor. "The cost of debt has come in, indices have come in, as rates have come down or part of the K, it isn't pretty on the lower part,