Empathy for the Banker Devil? NO!!!!Git out of town afore the sun goes down, cuz I say that this town aint big enuf for the two of us. Don't go jackin us around with higher rates when we need relief in the form of lower rates in order to service the deep debt doodoo many people now find themselves mired in. You trying to tip us into recession, Dodge? Let's see if you can dodge the consequences of your interest rate policies. Weak economies require stimulation, not a prescription to tank an already weak economy dependent upon the US which is on the brink of a major financial calamity. A stronger CDN dollar will not help exports to the US, but it may fatten the CDN bankers and the government of Canada that prints money at the expense of the common man who loses purchasing power via this stealth tax. Taming inflation by jacking up rates may work, but at the expense of killing off business, spending and the local economy and later you may have to reverse course and drasticly reduce rates again to stimulate in order to avoid a deflationary depression. Oh, you central bankers are to blame for your easy credit, fiat printing and irresponsible interest rate policies. Where is the so called stability we need. Do not interfere with the free markets, or revisit the 1930s decade all over again. Maybe this is the nefarious plan of government that actually wants to see business failures, bankruptcies, high unemployment, foreclosures, streets full of for rent or sale signs and a spiral down in real estate prices, so that the bank can own the people and their property. This is not what the people need, and if the people have no money to spend, then ownership of discounted assets by the banks wouldn't help them anyway if any possibility of a recovery is destroyed in a deflationary collapse. Those who fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it. Santanyana. https://ariga.com/frosties/georgesantanyana.shtml Protect yourself by buying Gold Silver and Diamonds and RGZ stock.