Scotiabank Forecast: Tighter Financial Conditions Meet a Resilient EconomyGLOBAL ECONOMICS
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Core conclusion · Tlines extraction
Scotiabank keeps its broad growth outlook largely unchanged: US activity is more resilient than earlier estimated after upward revisions (Q2 GDP +2.2%), while Canadian growth holds up and is expected to accelerate in 2027. Tighter financial conditions partly offset these forces but the net drag should stay contained. More persistent inflation in both countries makes policy more restrictive: the Fed is seen hiking twice more to 4.5% in early 2027 before reversing in 2028, and the BoC to 3.25% in 2027.
- Institution
- Scotiabank Economics
- Published
- 10/13/2026
- Research topic
- Inflation · Crude Oil (WTI) · Fed Policy
- Time horizon
- 2027 · 2026 · short-term
Key arguments
- Growth outlook broadly unchanged; US entered H2 with more momentum than previously estimated and Canadian activity continues to hold up.
- Tighter financial conditions offset positive forces, but the net drag on activity should remain relatively contained.
- Inflation pressures are more persistent in both Canada and the US, making the monetary policy outlook more restrictive.
- Canadian investment outlook strengthened by the Productivity Mega-Deduction, though near-term GDP effects are muted as demand leaks into imports.
Key numbers
- US Q2 GDP growth (revised)
- 2.2%
- Fed funds rate forecast (early 2027)
- 4.5%
- BoC policy rate forecast (2027)
- 3.25%
- Canada GDP growth forecast (2028)
- 2.1%
- Canada unemployment rate (settling near)
- 6%
Main risks
- Geopolitical tensions and further increases in energy prices would directly lift headline inflation and raise transport and production costs.
- A larger fiscal package would support Canadian growth in 2027 but add to demand and inflation when the economy is already resilient.
- Persistently elevated term premium and further Treasury weakness could spread to equity markets, tightening financial conditions more heavily.
Corresponding source evidence
• Inflation pressures are proving more persistent in both Canada and the U.S., turning the monetary policy outlook more restrictive.
Higher oil prices have lifted the inflation profile, while the recent surge in diesel prices is expected to feed more gradually into a broader range of consumer prices.
Together with firm activity, this should require further tightening from both the Fed and the BoC.
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