The Bank of Canada reduced its main interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.75%, the central bank’s first rate cut in four years and the first rate cut this year enacted by a G7 nation. “With further and more sustained evidence underlying inflation is easing,...
One-third (32%) of Canadians are predicting that the Bank of Canada will begin to cut interest rates next week, while 42% are believe no cuts will be forthcoming. According to a survey of 1,500 Canadians conducted by Dye & Durham, two-thirds (65%) of Canadians...
The Bank of Canada is warning that homeowners and renters continue to struggle in adapting to the nation’s new normal of higher interest rates. According to Financial Post coverage, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklen acknowledged the adjustment to higher interest...
The central banks for the U.K. and European Union mirrored the example of their American counterparts and kept their respective interest rates unchanged. The Bank of England maintained its 5.25% rate, which is a 15-year high. Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of...
More than one-third of Canadians with a mortgage will have to make changes to their financial situation — including housing and employment – if the Bank of Canada enacts another rate hike, according to a survey from the personal finance site WealthRocket. The survey...