This paper revisits Canada's pioneering experience with floating exchange rate over the period 19501962. It examines … whether the floating rate was the best option for Canada in the 1950s by developing and estimating a New Keynesian small open … that monetary policy was more volatile in the post-1957 period and Canada's macroeconomic performance suffered as a result …

In Canada, targeting the inflation rate was intended as a temporary measure on a journey to price-level stability, but …