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The Bank of Canada’s interest rate announcement arrives on Wednesday in a cloud of uncertainty thanks to a shifting trade war with the United States. Most economists expect the central bank will ...
OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada on Wednesday cut its main interest rate by a quarter point to help offset the damage from the U.S.-Canada trade conflict, while also tempering expectations for deeper ...
Policymakers have now cut by 225 basis points after rates reached a multi-decade high of five per cent in July 2023. Here’s where economists think policymakers go from here on interest rates. “A ...
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The Bank of Canada is expected to announce another interest rate cut today (Wednesday, March 12) at 9:45 a.m. as a trade war continues between Canada and the United States. At the last announcement on ...
The Bank of Canada cut its benchmark rate by 25 basis points, bringing it down to 2.75 per cent. Experts say the outlook for the housing market remains hazy. The central bank cut its benchmark ...
OTTAWA - The head of the Bank of Canada has signalled a shift in how the central bank sets its benchmark interest rate at a time when tariff uncertainty with the United States has made long-term ...
February’s consumer price index report took economists by surprise as the rate of inflation accelerated on a year-over-year basis to 2.6 per cent in February, outpacing analyst estimates for a 2.2 per ...
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem holds a news conference in Ottawa on Wednesday. The Bank of Canada has cut its overnight lending rate by 25 basis points to 2.75 per cent, it announced on ...
The Bank of Canada cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday, the seventh consecutive rate reduction as the central bank called the trade conflict with the U.S. “a new crisis” ...
The Bank of Canada is adjusting how it conducts monetary policy to navigate the massive uncertainty caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s erratic tariff threats, Governor Tiff Macklem said ...
The Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate for the seventh consecutive time but warned it would “proceed carefully” with future monetary policy decisions, as the country navigates a trade ...