As predicted it would occur, either in June or July this year, for the first time since the Bank of Canada key rate increases peaked in July of 2023 they have decided to begin easing their rate due to the current economic environment in Canada. Their essential thoughts are as causing their action is as […]
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Courtesy of First National Financial – one of Canada’s leading lenders, Commercial & Residential The Budget The federal budget included material spending increases for housing, defense and indigenous programs mostly offset by a higher capital gains tax. Too bad for all those suckers that bought NVIDIA stock last year. Now their massive capital gains will
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Today the Bank of Canada (BoC) again has decided to hold their Key Rate the same. The Canadian economy is in an unusual situation due to a combination of Federal Government policies and post-COVID effects. Inflation began going through the roof, as we all remember, in the middle of the COVID reign, due to supply
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No news is good news – the Bank of Canada (BoC) decided today (Sept 6) to keep its benchmark (overnight) interest rate steady at 5.00%, putting a hold on a policy that resulted in 10 increases stretching back to March 2022. At the Bank’s last meeting in July, it raised the rate 0.25% due to
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Today the Bank of Canada (BoC) resumed its monetary policy tightening campaign and increased its Key rate by 0.25%. This lifts their policy rate to 4.75% and will raise the Prime rate of interest at major financial institutions (FI) to 6.95%. BoC had held the line with no rate changes since January as it thought
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The Bank of Canada (BoC) has today decided to place a hold on any change in its Key Rate, and is holding at 4.5% (Prime rate of interest at major financial institution’s 6.7%) for the first time in nine announcements (March 2022). This is as opposed to the US Federal Reserve which has indicated clearly
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The Bank of Canada (BoC) has raised its Key Overnight Lending rate by 25 basis points, bringing it to 4.50%, and the Prime rate of interest to 6.7%. This is the BoC’s eighth consecutive rate hike and was anticipated by markets and many economists. Looking ahead, the Bank said it “expects to hold the policy
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Today the Bank of Canada (BoC) raised its key rate by one-half of one percent (0.5%). Many experts were thinking that the BoC was going to announce a 0.75% increase and are now reading into the news that we may be near the end of tightening (raising) interest rates. The equity investing community would like
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The Bank of Canada (BoC), today, announced a 1.0% increase in its Key Overnight Lending rate. This was 0.25% higher than the 0.75% increase that the market was expecting. This is the largest increase that BoC has made since 1998. The Prime interest rate with major Canadian financial institutions will likely increase from 3.7% to
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Today the Bank of Canada (BoC) raised its key rate by 50 basis points to 1.0%. The Prime Rate of interest at major Canadian FI’s will follow suit and raise their rates to 3.2% from 2.7%. Here is what’s important to know: 1.) Mortgages in Canada have been qualified at a rate that has hovered
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