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Unemployment jumped in April, strengthening the case for a June rate reduction

The Bank of Canada held its benchmark interest rate at 2.75% on Wednesday and unveiled two diverging scenarios for the economy, reflecting the unprecedented uncertainty ... More

Surprise employment figures and trade uncertainty raise odds of another BoC cut within weeks

The central bank is treading carefully on the question of lowering rates again, but it may have no other choice

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.

Mortgage providers nationwide have been gradually lowering their fixed mortgage rates, including five of the country’s Big 6 banks.

Canada received a temporary reprieve from U.S. tariffs for at least 30 days, but if enacted, BMO warns the Bank of Canada may be forced to cut its policy rate to 1.50% by ... More

Tariffs are off the table for now – but both fixed and variable rates could still tumble

Canada’s 5-year bond yield has fallen to its lowest level since June 2022, following fresh concerns over economic uncertainty and global trade tensions.

Economists say central bank could make oversized inter-meeting reduction as Canadians come to terms with Trump's tariffs.

The central bank said on Wednesday morning that it had trimmed the key rate by 25 basis points, a move that brings it to 3% but also marks a smaller reduction than its previous ... More

The Bank of Canada today reduced its target for the overnight rate to 3%, with the Bank Rate at 3.25% and the deposit rate at 2.95%.

The Bank of Canada (BoC) is preparing to make its first key policy decision of the year on January 29, with Canadians eager to see whether the central bank will cut its ... More

Economists at Canada’s major banks don’t expect interest rates to move quite as dramatically in 2025 as they did in 2024, but they still see various sources of ... More

Canada’s central bank has cut interest rates for the fifth consecutive time to 3.25 per cent as the country’s economy grows at a slower rate than projected.

Various signs point to the Bank of Canada (BoC) cutting interest rates by another half percentage point in December, even if the bank hasn’t said so explicitly, CIBC ... More

The Bank of Canada on Wednesday reduced its key benchmark rate by 50 basis points to 3.75%, its first bigger-than-usual move in more than four years, and hailed signs the ... More

An ex-member of the Bank of Canada’s governing body said officials should cut borrowing costs by half a percentage point later this month.

Markets are increasingly betting on the Bank of Canada delivering a 50-basis point rate cut during its October 23 policy decision, with the odds now sitting at around 53%

One of the country’s biggest lenders says the Bank of Canada will accelerate the pace of monetary easing in order to stave off recession.

The Bank of Canada has cut its policy rate by a further 25 basis points in its September decision, marking a third consecutive move to bring rates lower.

Inflation is continuing to ease, leaving the door open to another Bank of Canada rate cut in September, economists say.

TD, CIBC and BMO have led the way with their revised forecasts, with all now expecting the Bank of Canada to cut interest rates faster and deeper over the next 16 months.

Markets are betting the Bank of Canada will cut at each of its remaining interest rate decisions this year as the labor market in the U.S. looks to be loosening faster than ... More

Borrowers may have welcomed recent rate cuts from the Bank of Canada, but TD Bank and CIBC predict an additional 175 bps cut by the end of 2025, lowering the overnight rate to ... More

The Bank of Canada cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, the second straight reduction in the central bank’s easing cycle.

Experts speculate the Bank of Canada may cut rates next week following a larger-than-expected slowdown in the country’s inflation rate in June.

Economists are forecasting inflation slowed further in May, which would be welcome progress for the Bank of Canada after it cut its key lending rate for the first time in four ... More

The Bank of Canada has cut its overnight rate by 25 basis points, a move not seen since the beginning of the pandemic.

The Bank of Canada will trim interest rates to 4.75% on June 5, according to three-quarters of economists in a Reuters poll which showed three further cuts this year, with the ... More