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 …
BoC decides to leave Key Rate as is Today, March 8, 2023 Read More »
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 …
BoC Today – Are we at an End of a Rising Bank Rate Cycle? Read More »
The Bank of Canada today increased its target for the overnight rate to 4¼% impacting the Prime rate at major FI’s to increase to 6.45%. The Bank is also continuing its policy of quantitative tightening – releasing debt previously purchased from its balance sheet. This rate increase caps off a year of rate increases not …
BoC Rate Increase Today but Signs of Rates Plateauing Read More »
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 …
Today the Bank of Canada has increased its key overnight lending rate to 3.25%, a 0.75% increase. Overall, this year the BoC has raised its key rate by 3.0% since March, rivaling the mid-1990s in rate increases. Per the BoC: “The Governing Council remains resolute in its commitment to price stability and will continue to …
Bank of Canada raises its Key Rate by 0.75% today Read More »
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 …
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 …
Bank of Canada raises Key Rate 0.5% – What You Need to Know Read More »
At 10 am EST the Bank of Canada (BoC) made its 10th interest rate decision announcement of the year. Eight scheduled announcements is the norm, but this has been a year of anything but normal. BoC has held the their key overnight lending rate the same at 0.25%, which it calls their “lower bound”, …
December 9, 2020 Bank of Canada rate announcement Read More »
The Bank of Canada (BoC) just announced an unscheduled Key Rate cut of 0.5% (one half of one percent) in response to the anticipated drag on the economy that will be caused by the Corona Virus (Covid-19). This should immediately affect major FI’s (financial institutions’) Prime rate(s) of interest offered for lending purposes. The new …
Unscheduled Bank of Canada Rate Cut – Response to Covid-19 Pandemic, March 13, 2020 Read More »
Today (Wednesday, March 4th) the Bank of Canada (BoC) decided to cut its key overnight lending rate by 0.5% on this scheduled announcement date. Although this move looks to be in line with the unscheduled rate cut made by the U.S. Federal Reserve yesterday due to the impact of the coronavirus on the U.S. economy, …
