Obituary: Bank of Canada governor fought high-profile battle with Diefenbaker

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It’s been said that the function of a central banker is to “take away the punch bowl just when the party gets going.” In such circumstances a party-pooping banker can easily find himself in hot water with politicians who want to keep the economic festivities going. Such was the case with James Elliott Coyne, the second governor of the Bank of Canada.

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