At least twice a year, Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins and I make public appearances before committees of the House of Commons and of the Senate, which are webcast. Parliamentarians grill us on our track record on inflation and the Bank’s other functions. Furthermore, the inflation-target agreement is subjected to a thorough review every five years.
I will never know of course. But my sense is that even learned economists and experienced businessmen share the sentiments of the unnamed economist.