Will this make it more difficult to buy a home in Canada? Canada currently has a shortage of affordable, residential housing. A higher interest rate means it is more expensive to borrow money from the bank, mortgages become more expensive, and any kind of bank loan wi...
The BoC does not set monetary policy; however, Canada’s central bank works with the federal government to establish monetary policy, and the primary tool used by the BoC is to make changes to the overnight target rate. By adjusting the target for the overnight rate, the BoC influences sho...
The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest by 25 basis points to 4.75 per cent – the highest point in more than two decades. READ MORE:Bank of Canada raises key interest rate amid stubbornly high inflation With that comes higher mortgage payments and interest payments on loans f...
"While the economic outlook is expected to warrant higher interest rates over time, some continued monetary policy accommodation will likely be needed to keep the economy operating close to potential and inflation on target," said the Canadian central bank in a statement. Canada's economy was slow...
It also noted households were adjusting spending as expected in response to higher interest rates and housing market policies. The bank has long fretted about Canadians' ability to cope with higher borrowing costs. It said overall inflation should drop in early 2019 as the effect of temporary fact...
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“A policy rate above the neutral rate is totally incongruent for an economy in a state of lingering excess supply,”David Rosenberg, founder ofRosenberg Research, said in a note on the Bank of Canada’s rate cut. “Such a condition augurs for a rate no higher than two per cent, and ...
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With the economy in excess demand, and inflation persisting well above target and expected to move higher in the near term, the Governing Council continued to judge that interest rates will need to rise further, the bank explained. The policy interest rate remains the central bank's primary mon...