Why BoC's Tiff Macklem keeps a picture of G7 leaders at the height of the 2008 crisis

Tiff Macklem, who took over as Bank of Canada governor in the first week of June, still hasn’t fully decorated his office. The camera on Macklem’s computer caught a bit of his wooden desk during our interview on Dec. 16, but the walls behind him were white and bare. The Bank of Canada sent non-essential staff home when governments initiated strict social distancing in March, and hasn’t decided when to call them back. So,...