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{
"time": "2017-04-12 17:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Greg Fergus",
"fr": "M. Greg Fergus"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4851077\" data-originallang=\"fr\">That comes back to the question you asked about the level of Canadian household debt, which is quite a serious problem. It's good that you are trying to find the right balance and to keep a key interest rate that encourages economic growth within a certain range. Since that was established in the the 1990s, you have been doing a good job and are continuing along the same lines.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4851078\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The key interest rate is at a historic low. How can we adjust that key rate to ensure that Canadian households do not incur more debt? At the same time, we do not want to put the brakes on economic growth. We know very well that the indebtedness is because people are spending, which in turn stimulates economic activity.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4851077\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Cela revient \u00e0 la question que vous avez pos\u00e9e concernant le taux d'endettement des m\u00e9nages canadiens, qui repr\u00e9sente un probl\u00e8me assez s\u00e9rieux. C'est bien que vous essayiez de trouver le bon \u00e9quilibre et de maintenir un taux directeur qui favorise la croissance \u00e9conomique \u00e0 l'int\u00e9rieur d'une certaine fourchette. Depuis qu'on a \u00e9tabli cela dans les ann\u00e9es 1990, vous faites un bon travail \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard et vous continuez en ce sens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4851078\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le taux directeur est historiquement bas. Comment peut-on ajuster le taux directeur pour s'assurer que les m\u00e9nages canadiens ne s'endettent plus? En m\u00eame temps, on ne veut pas freiner la croissance \u00e9conomique. On sait bien que cet endettement est attribuable au fait que les gens d\u00e9pensent et que, de ce fait, cela stimule l'activit\u00e9 \u00e9conomique.</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/finance/42-1/82/greg-fergus-3/",
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"source_id": "9481936",
"document_url": "/committees/finance/42-1/82/",
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}