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Canada's shining bank regulatory system cannot be counted on to shield the country from an impending economic buffeting
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anadians spend too much relative to their household incomes and the country's housing bubble has yet to burst.
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“Canada is by no means insulated,” he said. “Canadians borrow an awful lot. Savings rates have been very low. Household debt relative to income is very high here.”
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Mr. Krugman heaped praise on Canada's tight system of regulating banks and consumer debt, as well as its generous social safety net for insulating Canadians from the current recession.
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He said that interest rates are getting so low that it will soon be impossible for central governments to use them as a lever to stimulate borrowing and spending.
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The Canadian economy also benefited from the fact that the country has its own currency
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